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University partners with Chevron

Center for Corporate Social Responsibility opens, project receives $250,000 grant MICHAEL CAPPELLI News Editor

Waynesburg University’s mission statement of Faith, Learning and Ser-

the help of a $250,000 grant from Chevron launched its new Center for Corporate Social Responsibility.

Fo r S t a c e y B r o d a k ,

We are a service learning institution."

STACEY BRODAK

VP, Institutional Advancement

vice, can manifest itself in many different ways.

The most recent accolade for the University is the partnership with Chevron to create projects that benefit the community.

The project was announced last Tuesday at the Southpointe branch campus in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and with

vice president of institutional advancement, stimulating corporate volunteerism for the oil and gas industry provided a good background for her to lead service projects here at the university.

The bulk of her work is creating partnerships with large corporations that want to help the

Michael Cappelli, The Yellow Jacket

Stacey Brodak, vice president of Institutional Advancement, speaking at the announcement of the university's new partnership. community. “ We a r e a s e r v i c e learning institution,” said Brodak of the university.

A roundtable discussion was held the morn-

ing of the announcement in which Waynesburg, Chevron and seven other companies - 84 Lumber, Community Bank, Consol Energy, EQT, Cor-

poration, First Federal of Greene County and Steptoe and Johnson PLLC. “The members of the group will shape the dis-

cussion,” said Brodak. “The things that stood out in the initial phase was best practices. Volunteerism, CENTER >> A3

Business dept. creates Advisory Board eHIVE sponsors contest to test innovation skills MATTIE WINOWITCH Executive Editor

The Department of Business Administration at Waynesburg University recently created an Advisory Board to set and develop relevant goals for the undergraduate business program.

The board, which had its first meeting Oct. 22, is made up of Waynesburg University business alumni ranging from 1950 to 2018.

William Stough, assistant professor of Business Administration, said this wide range of graduates was chosen to add value to the board, as all alumni have a certain set of skills and experiences to offer.

“We ended up with 16 [alumni] agreeing to become board members for us,” Stough said. “This way, there are different levels of businesses. We have a CEO of a bank, CPAs, all kinds of people.”

The idea for the advisory board originated during a meeting between Stough, an alumnus of Waynesburg, and another alumnus. While they met, the recent graduate’s ideas for changing the finance degree inspired Stough.

When he returned to Wa y n e s b u r g , S t o u g h made sure the changes were made and then consulted Dr. Gordon

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William Stough, assistant professor of Business Administration, played a key role in getting the Advisory Board off the ground.

McClung, chair of the Department of Business Administration and professor of marketing, on implementing alumni from the program more often.

Eventually, the idea made its way to University President Douglas Lee, and Stough said it was very well-received.

“He was excited to have us go down this trail,” Stough said.

The idea behind the advisory board is to consult previous graduates to gain their insights and trade secrets.

“Some of these [board members] hire [students] w h o w e ’ r e t r a i n i n g ,” Stough said. “Why not use people who are tied to the school to help us do that?”

Stough said the results of the bi-annual meetings will also help them adjust their curriculum to help the students become more prepared for the workforce.

“Our ultimate goal is to fit what the work world is looking for now, better,” he said.

The very first advisory meeting took place Oct. 22. During the meeting,

the goals and objectives of the business department, in general, were discussed. There was also an extensive review of the finance degree and the marketing degree.

Stough said one of the most valuable aspects of the meeting is when a current student has time to speak to the board about what they’re working on.

“It truly is the work world and alumni world touching base,” he said.

The second of the biBOARD >> A3

When Melinda Walls, W. Robert Stover chair for entrepreneurial leadership, began at Waynesburg University this year, she wanted to bring the entrepreneurial spirit with her.

“My hope is that we will spur creativi ty on this campus and that kind of is the first step in innovation,” Walls said. “That is why we are doing this through the eHive, is to build this culture of creativity and innovation.”

Walls is referring to the “Something from Nothing” innovation challenge that has been running for the first time on campus this week. Last Friday, registration was held for the competition that challenges teams’ quick thinking and creative skills.

“Teams can register to participate in this challenge. What happens when you register is that you get the challenge item,” Walls said. “The challenge is very simple. I am going to give you an ordinary item, like post-it notes or a water bottle or rubber bands.

And the challenge is that in five days, you and your

team of up to four people need to create something of value from it. And you can put other things with it you can buy more of [the item.] Create something of value.”

Then this Friday, teams will show off their creations in a science fair type of event. They will then be judged by their peers to determine a winner.

“You're showing whatever it is you did, and then you’re showing the value that you created,” Walls said. “Then we will invite the campus community to come in and vote.”

The vote will have a scoring adjustment to keep it from becoming a popularity contest.

“We will also have a panel of judges that will vote,” Walls said. “The judges will have a little bit more weighted score than the community. The panel of judges will go by and their votes will count for ten and everyone else’s will count for one.”

Vo t e s w i l l t h e n b e counted before a winner is announced at 2 p.m. on Friday. When that team is determined, each team member will receive 100 CONTEST >> A3

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Communication department hosts Knox Writing Contest HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

The Department of Communication at Waynesburg University hosted its 5th annual Knox Writing Contest, Saturday, Oct. 27.

The contest is open to high school students in grades 10-12 within 14 counties in the tri-state area each year and features monetary prizes for placing.

Sponsored by the O b s e r ve r-Re p o r t e r i n Waynesburg, the contest included a press conference, where nine participants take notes and gather quotes from a speaker before participating in an hour-long writing session to complete an article on the conference.

Judges are evaluating the articles to pick a first, second and third place winner.

The first-place winner will receive $500, second place will receive $300 and third place will receive $200.

After the writing portion of contest was over, students had the opportunity to eat a free meal at the cafeteria and go on an optional tour of the university.

The press conference speaker was Melinda Roeder-Skrbin, instructor

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Professor Melinda Roeder-Skrbin talks to the John C. Knox writing contest participants about her experience in the field of broadcast journalism. The contestants then had one hour to write an article about her accolades as a journalist. of communication. Roader-Skrbin has worked in broadcast journalism for over 20 years, covering major events such as the inaugurations of presidents, criminal executions, major hurricanes and three super bowls. She currently serves as a national scholarship committee chair for The National Academy of Television Arts and Sci-

ences and reports on KDKA Radio, along with her instructing position.

Richard Krause, chair for the department of communication said he believes Roader-Skrbin was an excellent choice for the interview subject due to the experience she has in her field.

“She has had some really fascinating and interest-

ing life experiences that [was] absolutely perfect for these students,” Krause said.

Roader-Skrbin said she loved talking to the students and answering their questions.

“It’s always eye-opening to see what kind of questions they have,” she said. “I hope the students go into the field, but I hope they do

it for all the right reasons.”

Roader-Skrbin brought pictures of activities to show the students as well as one of the Emmy Awards she received during her career.

In response to one of the students’ questions, she replied, “As a journalist, we often meet with people on the best or worst day of their lives.”

Sarah Bell, technical adviser for The Yellow Jacket and the Society of Professional Journalists student chapter, coordinated the event. She said the contest helps high school students to step out of their comfort zone and gain hands-on experience.

“It’s a good opportunity for the high school students to learn about journalism and get hands-on experience with interviewing and writing to deadline,” Bell said. “It’s also a great opportunity to get more students on campus to see what Waynesburg University has to offer.”

Many of the students who attended the competition hailed from Freedom Area Senior High School in Freedom, Pennsylvania.

Aaron Fitzpatrick, teacher and advisor for print and broadcast extracurricular activities at the high school, encourages his students to participate in the competition each year since Waynesburg started it.

“It seemed like a great opportunity for my student journalists to get involved with a program on the next level,” Fitzpatrick said. “The [students] who have been here see the value in it.”

Sumpter plans Italy trip for May 2020 Concussion

awareness rises for non-athletes

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Senior Editorial Assistant

L a s t s e m e s t e r, 2 0 Waynesburg University students spent their spring break visiting historical biblical locations abroad in Greece for the Footsteps of Paul trip.

In May of 2020, students will have a similar opportunity. Josh Sumpter, instructor of biblical studies and assistant chaplain, is partnering with Footstep Ministries to lead another Footsteps of Paul experience, this time in Italy, from May 4-15.

This will be Sumpter’s second opportunity to lead an overseas trip. He said that the idea for 2020’s destination came about after a conversation with Chairperson for the Fine Arts Department Andrew Heisey.

“He was interested in traveling to Italy, and I was interested in providing another opportunity for students to grow in understanding the history, specifically biblical context,” Sumpter said. “So, it was the logical next trip.”

Some of the locations that students will be visiting on the trip are presumed burial places of apostles Peter and Paul, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Vatican and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. For Sumpter, visiting historical biblical places changes the way that people read and look at the Bible.

“It makes things come alive, and that’s my hope for students,” Sumpter said. “That they would have their eyes and their hearts open, not just traveling to an amazing country, but rethinking how they read the Bible and how they understand history. They can experience it, and I think that’s very transformative.

I’m excited that Waynesburg University students have that opportunity.”

Sumpter said that the cost for the trip hasn’t fully been determined yet, but will likely be around $3,400. Although that price is significant, Sumpter feels that college students could have an easier time covering the expenses for an overseas trip now as opposed to after graduation.

“I would say this is the time of life where you can raise that money, and peo-

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Several students who attended the Greece trip last year had the opportunity to explore different historical sites, ruins and towns, all while growing in their faith.

In 2020, students will have the chance to travel to Italy and partake in similar activities.

ple are willing to support you,” Sumpter said. “Postcollege, the chances to study abroad or travel to Europe or to some of these historical sites is quite limited. Once you leave, student loans kick in, families kick in and work kicks in.”

The goal is for at least 25 students to go to Italy. Sumpter said that some of the students that went on the Greece trip had never flown on an airplane before, and sees the opportunity to travel a long distance through Waynesburg as a “blessing.”

“When you’re at Waynesburg University, this is the prime time to take advantage of some of these opportunities,” he

said. “You’re going to be traveling with people who care for you, and Footstep Ministries, they are like family to me and some of our students that went to Greece. So my hope is that some of our students would share in that excitement.”

Sumpter advises stu-

dents who could be interested in any aspect of the trip to think about going, regardless of cost.

“I would encourage students, if something on this trip sounds of interest, to strongly consider this opportunity,” Sumpter said.

“Because it will be lifechanging.”

With the nation’s growing focus on the longterm effects of concussions, athletic programs at Waynesburg University have experienced an increase in preventative safety measures. Studentathletes must take the ImPACT Test before and after collisions, they are monitored closely by physicians and athletic trainers when a concussion occurs and most recently, the football program acquired 12 new helmets that monitor and alert coaches of heavy impacts during play.

When it comes to nonathletes, however, many students at Waynesburg aren’t aware of the safeties available to them when they suffer a concussion.

Jennifer Dean, nurse director of student health services, said her office receives around 10 students every year who are experiencing symptoms of concussions. Unlike students who become concussed due to athletic activities, Dean said these students get hurt in a variety of ways. “ We’ve had students who have had car accidents,” Dean said. “Sometimes we’ve had students like, wrestling in their room and [hitting] their head. Sometimes we’ve had students that will just wake up really fast and they’re in a bunk and they hit their head on the bed.

Sometimes it’s a fall,” said Dean.

When a concussed student visits Health Services, Dean said she often “outsources,” depending on its severity, sending the patient to the emergency room or to the medical director, off-campus.

“We send them out,” said Dean. “We don’t have the capability to treat them here. There’s not a physician on staff.”

Dean said depending on the severity of the concussion, or if the student has suffered from a concussion more than once, their symptoms could include a headache, blurred vision, nausea or an inability to

concentrate. These ailments could affect how students perform in class, so , when these students visit Health Services, Dean said she tells them to contact the Office of Academic Success and Disability Services.

Courtney Balban, academic support counselor, said her office receives two to f ive students each year who struggle with concussion-related symptoms. The resources available to those students depend on on their exact circumstances, she said.

“Concussions are unpredictable in how long they’ll impact a student and the extent of the impact,” Balban said. “They’re provided with accommodations according to what the doctor provided me with. A typical accommodation could be anything as far as extended test time to wearing sung lasses in class. It really depends on the nature of the concussion, how the concussion is impacting the student.”

Dean said rates of concussion are on the rise -- she thinks it’s because students are more aware of the long-term effects, like post-concussive syndrome, and are more likely to report their injuries. While many associate concussions with highimpact sports like football, non-athletes are typically worse off in most places, since there are often fewer resources available to non-athletes who sustain a concussion.

For example, Athletic Trainer Andy Palko, described a five-stage return-to-play procedure, where football players are closely monitored during their recovery from a concussion. For non-athletes, recovery is their own responsibility.

“I think they definitely need to utilize their resources,” Dean said. “Come and see us. Even though we’re not going to treat it, we’ll get you to where you need to go. Make sure you’re working with your professors and they’re understanding what’s going on and keeping them up to date.”

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Initiative grants set in place to provide service to county EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

Greene County is one of the poorest counties in Pennsylvania.

Fortunately, there are many organizations and people that strive to fix this problem.

To aid the fight against the county’s poverty, Waynesburg University’s Center for Service Leadership announced Oct. 5 that initiative grants are available for students, faculty and staff who are leading small-to-mid sized service projects aimed to reform Greene County.

The grants were given to the university by Richard King Mellon Foundation, an organization dedicated to serve the southwestern Pennsylvania through awarding grants.

R.K. Mellon wanted the university to use the grants for service initiatives. Kelley Hardie, director of the Center for Service Leadership, said the university decided to use part of the money for

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Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the Fine Arts Department, said he applied for around $2,000 to provide scholarships for the Fine Arts Academy through the grant program. grants for the center to give out.

“This is just one branch of that, this grant will fuel because the grant was very large, and there were many other intentions behind it,” Hardie said. “All service [has] intentions, but this is just

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one branch of that.”

Grant applications can be found on an email sent

by Hardie describing the grants earlier this month.

Applications are due Nov. 26, and noticies on accepted applications will be sent out Dec. 3.

Proposals can ask for any

amount of money under the maximum of $5000.

The number of grants given out depends on the how much money is given in each grant.

Hardie said the number depends on how many grants g iven and how much for each individual

grant.

“It’s not based upon numbers, it’s based upon finances,” Hardie said. “So, financially, I have a budget for the next three years and I can fund ‘x’ amount of proposals based upon a certain funding criteria.

For example, if a student only submits a proposal for $200 and somebody else submits something for up to the max amount of $5000, I can fund both of those because I have a range of money I can work with.”

Now that the grants are public knowledge, some universi ty employees have already submitted applications.

Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the Fine Arts Department, said he applied for around $2000 to provide scholarships for the Fine Arts Academy starting in Spring 2019 “Every $250 is a scholarship, at least for a class,” Heisey said. “I would love to have a $1000 to $2000 to be able to at least offer four or five good sized s c h o l a r s h i p s ,” He i s ey

said.

Heisey said that people in Greene County , don’t have the money usually to pay for lessons.

The Fine Arts Academy is aimed to give people in Greene County an affordable outlet to learn art and music and escape from life. “ There are so many people that feel trapped,” he said. “They can’t get out, so they go to drugs or something else. We have a horrible drug problem in Greene County, it’s terrible,” Heisey said. “So, if we can at least provide the education through scholarships or supplementing the cost to take the class, we can still provide quality education for people and really change the environment.”

Applications for grants are due no later than Nov. 26, and the notif ications for accepted proposals will be sent out Dec. 3. For more information on the initiative grants, contact Kelley Hardie at khardie@ waynesburg.edu or 724852-3461.

Center Continued from A1 just helping them with both the practical side and policy side. How do they establish a volunteer program within their program?”

In addition, Brodak said that the next roundtable will be held in February.

For Trip Oliver, manager of policy, government and public affairs for Chevron Appalachia, the pairing with Waynesburg is exciting for the company.

“Our partnership with Waynesburg University underscores our belief that the best way to support the region, now and for decades to come, is to work with community partners to achieve shared goals,” said Oliver. “We strive to build strong relationships and make investments that support progress and prosperity in the communities where we live and operate. The Chevron Center for Corporate Social Responsibility at Waynesburg University represents another step toward achieving that goal.”

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University President Douglas G. Lee was present during the unveiling of the new Center for Corporate Social Responsibility.

Brodak said that eventually, the university will try to incorporate students into the center’s projects.

“We have students that are hungry,” said Brodak. “They are hungry to transform the world, hungry to help communities, hungry to not just learn in the classroom but have that real-world experience.”

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Brodak also mentioned that this center will be a useful recruiting tool for the companies that are involved.

“There is a real natural potential in recruiting,” said Brodak. “This is a nice opportunity to connect corporations in the area with a group of skilled students.”

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dollars each, along with a sponsor being awarded an additional 100 dollars.

“This type of challenge is something that Stanford University has been doing for a really long time, eight to ten years,” Walls said. “To give an example of how value is created.

Some people automatically think that means monetary value. But it can mean artistic value, social value; value is determined by the team and what they deter-

University also emphasized how the communi ty will be rewarded by the relationship between Waynesburg and Chevron.

“The relationship that the Chevron Center for Corporate Social Responsibility will foster between our local businesses and community will be mutually beneficial for all,” said Lee.

was the seed that was planted, but we don’t know where it’s going to grow into yet,” Stough said. “I’m excited for our s t u d e nt s t o s ee w h at they gain from this because I’m not sure yet what that’ll be.”

To learn more about the advisory board or how to get involved, contact Stough at wstough@ waynesburg.edu or McClung at gmcclung@ waynesburg.edu.

mine and then the voters will decide which value they like the best.”

Walls is also the director of the eHive which is also in its first year of existence.

The eHive will be holding additional events throughout the year to encourage entrepreneurship across campus and attract students into the entrepreneurship hub.

The eHive and Walls will also be assisting students with ideas for startups or creations throughout the year to encourage innovation within the student body.

Walls would like all students with an idea to stop in and set up a time for a future meeting.

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TRAGEDY IN PITTSBURGH

Community reacts to Tree of Life shooting TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

Pittsburgh was shaken Saturday morning when an armed man, Robert Bowers, shot and killed 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Victims of the shooter ranged in ages 54 to 97, multiple outlets reported.

When police arrived on the scene, Bowers exchanged gunfire with the officers, resulting in more injuries. Bowers was eventually shot by police and hospitalized., and has now been charged with 29 federal crimes, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

“On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at 8:05

p.m., U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert C. Mitchell signed a criminal complaint charging Robert Bowers of Baldwin, Pa., with 29 counts setting forth federal crimes of violence and firearms offenses,” the statement reads. “The crimes of violence are based upon the federal civil rights laws prohibiting hate crimes. The FBI in Pittsburgh is leading the investigation.”

According to the statement, Bowers faces 11 counts of obstruction of exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death and four resulting in bodily injury to an officer, 11 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence and three counts of use and discharge of a firearm during and relation to a crime of violence.

Bowers is believed to be motivated by antisemitism, having posted a series of com-

“Tragic. You know, the realization that people target houses of worship because there are a lot of people there and they are not expecting it.”

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Youth Pastor, Waynesburg First Assembly

ments targeting Jewish individuals on the online forum, Gab, several days before and

leading right up to the attack in one of Pittsburgh’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods. For many residents of Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas, the events of Oct. 27 still feel surreal.

“Tragic. You know, the realization that people target houses of worship,” said Justin Rhodes, youth pastor at the Waynesburg First Assembly of God, a Christian Church in Waynesburg. “Because usually there are a lot of people there and they are not expecting it.”

Rhodes said that in recent years, First Assembly has increased its basic security measures, including adding a security team, locks on windows and different “defense mechaTRAGEDY >> B4

Local fire stations decline in volunteers Clinics, lobbyists

address increase in Black Lung TEGHAN SIMONTON Region Editor

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Southwestern Pennsylvania, like many places in the country, has experienced a decline in volunteer firefighters.

State Rep. Snyder hosts town hall to address ‘epidemic’ EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

“Over the last several decades, we’ve seen a remarkable decline in the number of volunteer firefighters serving our communities,” said Bruce Trego, acting Pennsylvania state fire commissioner, in a prepared statement.

The epidemic stretches all across the United States and has affected the Keystone State greatly.

Jeff Marshall, chief of the Waynesburg-Franklin Township Fire Company, said his department is still functional, but it has taken its fair share of losses in numbers of firefighters.

“When I got in back 30 years ago, we probably had like 60 members. We have 40 now,” said Marshall.

There are several reasons

as to why there are less volunteers. Marshall said part of the problem is that departments do not tell people what to expect as a volunteer, and then the volunteers are disappointed when the job isn’t as exciting as what is shown on TV. Many volunteers are bored by volunteering for fundraisers or other remedial tasks, Trego said. The change of America now compared to 50 years ago also contributes, he said.

“Among the more important causes for this are cultural and societal changes; simply put, people today lead busier lives,” Trego said.

To address the issue, State Representative Pam Snyder hosted a committee Oct. 18 with many fire company chiefs, including Trego and Marshall, to discuss the epidemic and how it should

be healed. While Snyder was unable to comment, Marshall said the committee was helpful to all parties.

“It was a good thing as far as getting people in the room and just brainstorming,” Marshall said. “The way I look at it, there’s not going to be no easy solution to fix the problem. So, what I think we need to do is hear what everybody is doing and be able to look at it as a buffet, use what works best for your department and implement those changes.”

Marshall said his department is trying to change the volunteer requirements to be broader, so anyone who works or attends school in the department’s area can become a volunteer. More and more departments are also agreeing to mutual aid response, where adjacent fire companies will agree to

help with each other’s calls.

Trego is trying to make volunteering more convenient.

“One area in which our office is particularly engaged is developing convenient access to training resources,” Trego said. “Online coursework, for instance, eliminates unnecessary costs as well as the travel time associated with the training.”

While gaining volunteers is the primary need, Marshall said, the new volunteers must have the desire to stay. Showing more appreciation to their volunteers, emphasizing the value of their work, is one way Waynesburg fire company gives back, he said.

“Just trying to thank them for what they are giving us and try to [minimize] the wasted time we take out of them.”

When the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund was created, it was meant to be a temporary measure.

Lawmakers expected rates of the incurable disease to gradually decrease.

That’s not what happened.

Instead, Black Lung, or coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, is at its highest rate in Appalachia in 25 years, according to a recent report from NPR--and there are even more cases that remain unreported. Local clinics are struggling to keep up with the influx in patients, and advocacy groups have resorted lobbying in the nation’s capital to extend the trust fund.

For Lynda Glagola, program director at the Lungs at Work Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinic, the rise is nothing short of a public health crisis. Running a small, rural clinic with three or four staffers, Glagola said her days have become swamped with patient care and outreach clinics.

“We travel around to various counties we serve,” Glagola said over the phone, taking her lunch break from an outreach event last month. At these outreach clinics, Glagola’s staff provides regional onsite testing to patients who don’t have access to the means to get to the clinic in McMurray. Testing for black lung includes observation during a six-minute walk and a prescription for a test x-ray.

“If we identify disabling numbers on any of our tests, then we assist in filing a claim,” Glagola said.

On a typical day in the office, that’s what Glagola can be found doing - in addition to providing basic medical advice, the clinic assists with legal aid.

“I am a lot of the time working on claims, getting medical evidence out for review, participating on depositions and writing briefs when the case is over,” Glagola said. The rest of the office is just as involved, she said, filling out paperwork, communicating with miners and recording detailed work histories. A physician comes in to see patients only two or three mornings a week, she said.

Glagola said in recent years, the clinic workers have noticed a more patiants coming in suffering from the advanced stages of black lung - resulting in an increasing demand that her staff simply can’t match. But when it comes to pinpointing what is causing the disease’s rise, no one has any definitive answers.

“That’s the $100,000 question,” Glagola said.

Glagola thinks it’s related to silica exposure in the mine. As miners burrow deeper into the coal deposits, they begin cutting through rock, which is even more toxic than coal dust, Glagola said.

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Greene County Ballot machines on hold for county receives $603k recreation grant ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant

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Assistant Sports Editor

Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, along with members of the Greene County Commissioners office announced that Greene County would be a recipient of two new grants for local outdoor projects.

Blair Zimmerman, chairman of the Greene County Board of Commissioners, said the process to obtain such funding is complex, but will be beneficial for the county.

“In in order to get this

money we talked to our lobbyists and also made a trip to Harrisburg to meet with the DCNR, State Representative Pam Snyder and State Senator Camera Bartolotta,” said Zimmerman. “[We went] to tell them what our plans were and how important recreation is to the community not only for recreation but for economic development. I think by us going to Harrisburg and lobbying had a big impact on us getting the money.”

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With Midterm Elections approaching, the 2020 Election and elections to follow seem far off. That is not the case for Tina Kiger, director of elections and voter registration for Greene County.

Kiger not only has to be focused on the Midterms next week, but also on ordering new voting machines for the county for future elections.

As of now, Pennsylvania has only certified one system of voting machines for counties to use, Unisyn Voting Solutions out of California. But because Greene County is not interested in using Unisyn, Kiger will have to wait for more systems to be approved before making a decision on the county’s next voting machine.

“As of right now, we are not buying new ones because we have none certified other than Unisyn, those are the only ones certified,” Kiger said. “As soon as they get more certified then we will be buying new machines.”

The state has mandated that, moving forward, all purchased voting machines provide paper copies, and that all machines be moved to paper copy machines by the end of 2019. One possibility for the county would be to purchase a newer version of the voting machines that they already have, said Kiger, with the obvious addition of a paper backup.

“There is a chance we can buy machines from the company that we have right now, which is ES&S, and the only difference would

be that there would be a paper backup,” Kiger said.

“If we would go with one of the other ones, it would be and 8 ? by 11 sheet of paper.

There will be a paper backup where there is not one right now.”

While Greene County’s current machines are very old, the county has had very few issues in the past. Kiger said that the county is not expecting any problems for the Midterm Elections.

“We have had [ES&S] since 2005 and we have had no problems other than a few calibration issues which is easy to fix,” Kiger said.

“We are not expecting any issues.”

At this stage in the process, the county is putting the finishing touches on the election day process and testing equipment.

This includes absentee ballots, which have a rather quick turnaround, with the deadline for applications being the Tuesday before the election and the deadline for the ballots themselves being Nov. 6.

“Our machines have been cleared and tested,” Kiger said. “Monday we will do an ‘L and A,’ which is a logic and accuracy test; we have all of our supplies basically ready to go and we are in the process of finishing up absentee ballot applications.”

While some across the nation may be worried about the operations of election day Nov. 6, Kiger is confident in the preparation she has put in before the impending elections. She said she has full confidence that elections will run smoothly in Greene County next week.

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It starts with a bang.

That’s how most mass shootings start. A loud bang, followed by several more loud bangs, indicative to those nearby that something terrible is taking place. Shortly after, the sirens start. And then the push notifications from news outlets.

And then the social media

Ideas fight ideas Opinions should be expressed in a civil way

In the face of the seemingly constant violence reported on the news recently around the country, many people are asking themselves what the reason is for these acts of violence. Why now? And why here?

The past few years have held a bold theme for the U.S. Not only is our president bold with his ideas, opinions and his statements, but because of that, so is everyone else. People feed off each other, and when one person pushes their opinion, another person pushes back. Time and time again, events have proven that when bold ideas are presented, radicals always show up, some for and some against the ideas presented.

This may be part of the problem in the cases of the recent shootings. As nerves are high, people are expressing their views and opinions more and more boldly. This can be a good thing if done in the right way, through a civil method. But not everyone is civil. The criminals who victimize innocent people, like in the recent shootings, are expressing their radical views and opinions through the worst, most shocking and least ethical way they can: by injuring and murdering other human beings who have views opposed to them. This is evident in the Pittsburgh shooting that occured Saturday, as the shooter, Robert Bowers, continued to shout, “I want to kill all the Jews.” even as he was rushed to the emergency room after the incident, according to The Washington Post. It was even reported by several news outlets that the first three people who took care of Bowers were Jewish. Anyone with a heart can agree that a hate crime of this magnitude is a terrible, radical and corrupt way to express a prejudice opinion. Another mass shooting and hate crime that occured within the past few years is the 2016 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. No matter what a person’s opinion is about people of other beliefs and opinions, this type of behavior is no way to express those opinions.

How do we as students get involved in the fight against violence that results from radical opinions against other people? We cannot allow ourselves to become trapped in the escalation of radical statements pitted against individuals we don’t agree with to make a point. We must instead fight this violence by finding the underlying issues and using our civil voices and votes to make a stand in our country.

The Pittsburgh shooting occurred close to our university in Waynesburg. Hate crimes could potentially occur against any of us individually, and hate crimes against other people in our country is a hate crime against all of us. We would all like to live in a country that does not include such radical, unscrupulous expression of opinions, and certainly not opinions that hold such prejudice against our neighbors, and even as students, we can make a difference.

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this country would make its way to my sweet city, adding it to the list of cities already impacted by mass shootings.

The massacre that took place was a hate crime, specif ically targeting those in the Jewish community. According to a report done by CNN, the alleged shooter had been p o s t i n g a nt i -S e m i t i c slander on his social media pages. After the killing, he said he wanted all Jews to die and that “they (Jews) were committing

genocide to his people.”

When I read that statement, my eyes immediately filled up with tears.

It was a feeling and a narrative all too familiar to me.

At the end of this past summer, I visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. While at the museum, my emotions took over as I learned about how terrible these people could be - how they could hate HATE >> B3

Pittsburgh attack strikes deeper nerve TYLER GODWIN Columnist

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commentaries. And then the Facebook profile picture filters.

It’s like clockwork, really.

While I have seen my fair share of devastating mass killings in my 21 short years on this planet, there was nothing quite like what I experienced Saturday, when I found out a shooting had taken place in my hometown of Pittsburgh. I suppose I wasn’t fully surprised, though. I knew eventually the fiery violence in

Newtown. The Orlando nightclub. Las Vegas. Santa Fe High School. Stoneman Douglas High School. And now, Pittsburgh.

While reported mass shootings never sit well with me, the proximity of the recent attack in Pittsburgh that took the lives of 11 individuals at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel

Hill truly struck a different, deeper nerve.

S q u i r re l Hi l l i s a p proximately an hour from Waynesburg. I currently live in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, just about 20 minutes from where this hate crime occurred. I grew up in Bridgeville, which is 25 minutes away from the area this happened in.

For me, the phrase, “too close to home” is a literal one.

I grew up with friends who are Jewish and have a Jewish aunt and uncle.

The victims of the shooting ranged from 54 years old to 97 years old. These people were mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers, sisters — you name it.

These were people of the Pittsburgh community who were just exercising their right to practice their religion freely and in peace — something that has been fought for in this country for centuries.

According to the AntiDefamation League, this was “the deadliest attack on the Jewish community

in the history of the United States.”

Rose Mallinger, the eldest victim, was one of five people whose lives were cut short in this attack that lived through the Holocaust. These people, roughly 73 years after the Holocaust ended, were taken from this earth by a monster with the same anti-Semitic thoughts that prompted the killing of six million Jews just decades ago.

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C O N N E C T I N G C U LT U R E S

Soccer student hails from England HOLLY HENDERSHOT Op/Ed Editor

When people find out Sean McCann, junior finance major, is from Liverpool, England, they expect to hear his British accent.

The problem with that expectation: he doesn’t have one anymore. After years of living in the states, he has taken on an American accent.

McCann was born in Runcorn, England, living there with his family for most of his childhood.

Then, his parents were offered jobs in the states, so he and his sister moved with them to Pittsburgh while the rest of his family stayed in England. He attended high school in the states and only visits his home in England about every other year. His brother currently attends a college in England.

McCann said he learned about Waynesburg because of the soccer program, which was the main reason he decided to pick the university.

While searching for colleges, McCann visited Waynesburg University and was given a

tour of campus with head men’s soccer coach Brad Heethuis.

“I liked what I saw,” McCann said. “I could play soccer, I could get a college degree and it basically had everything I wanted.”

McCann said another reason he decided to go here was the small size of the school and area.

Although the U.S. and England have many similarities, McCann said they do hold their differences.

Space is one of those differences.

“There is a lot more space here in America,” McCann said. “My house I have now, I have a front yard, a backyard and part of a side yard. In England, a lot of houses are put together in rows with very small front and back yards.”

Because of how much more space is here, McCann said, people must use cars to travel to most places easily, whereas people in England can get to almost all the stores and other places they need or want to go just by walking or biking.

“The towns are a lot closer to each other. In a town, you have everything

you need next to where you live,” McCann said.

“Even here in Waynesburg, it would be difficult to walk all the way to Walmart and all the way back.”

In addition to more space, McCann also mentioned the abundance of job and internship opportunities located in the states, which he thinks is the reason for his parents’ move.

There is not much difference in how English people interact with one another, McCann said, other than that English people might be more direct in communicating with each other.

But, there is quite a difference in how people speak to one another, due to the large variety of accents and dialects people have in different areas of England

compared to the states.

Although he has mostly lost his accent, McCann’s parents still have accents so thick that McCann said he sometimes has to relay to his friends what they say. He said English people also use different words for items.

“We’ll call fries, chips and potato chips, crisps,” McCann said. “We’ll say trolley instead of shopping cart, we say boot instead of trunk.”

McCann says he enjoys the outdoors in the states, as the rural places present many opportunities to explore and participate in other outdoor activities in his free time. After graduation, McCann said he thinks he will return to England for graduate school.

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Cheat Sheet: Bombs mailed to public figures intercepted EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

EDWARD BOICE Editorial Assistant

Six Forever stamps. Sulfur substance. Manila envelope.

Bubble wrap. These are four similar traits of bomb-like devices mailed to multiple public figures throughout the course of last week.

The bombs targeted Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Maxine Waters, Andrew Cuomo, CNN, San Diego Union-Tribune, John Brennan, California Senator Kamala Harris, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Eric Holder. None of the bombs exploded.

The U.S. Secret Service intercepted the bombs before they reached the homes of Clinton and former President Obama.Waters’ package was intercepted at a congressional mail screening facility in Maryland.

New York Gov. Cuomo

found a package in his Manhattan Office. San Diego Union-Tribune evacuated after they saw similar packages outside their building.

CNN’s New York Bureau in the Time Warner Center evacuated when a suspicious package addressed to former CIA Director Brennan was found said city and local law enforcement officers.The package was delivered by a courier and discovered in the bureau’s mailroom.

The bomb directed to Soros was discovered and rendered safe in his home mailbox Oct. 22, police said.

Another law enforcement agency suspected the package was not delivered by a mailing service.

Law enforcement agencies stated that none of the packages were addressed to Schultz, D-F.L.; whoever sent the packages wrote her office address as the return address. The package that was meant for former Attorney Holder had the wrong address and then shipped to Schultz’s office. The pack-

ages sent to Clinton, Soros, Obama and Brennan also had the same return address.

CNN reported that there is no information supporting Schutz sent the bombs.

FBI Agent Bryan Paarmann said the devices seemed to be unstable pipe bombs. All the bombs were constructed simply and similarly, some containing shards of glass as projectiles.

The FBI have an investigation underway, which will be treated with high priority said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

“We have committed the full strength of the FBI’s resources and, together with our partners on our Joint Terrorism Task Forces, we will continue to work to identify and arrest whoever is responsible for sending these packages,” Wray said.

“We ask anyone who may have information to contact the FBI. Do not hesitate to call; no piece of information is too small to help us in this investigation.”

President Donald Trump

Tribune News Service

Police outside the U.S. Post Office Royal Palm Processing & Distribution Center in Opalocka, Florida, where the mail bombs may have been sent through. commented on the bombs during his White House opioid bill signing event Oct. 24.

He said he held a briefing with the FBI, Department of Justice, Homeland Security Department and Secret Service before the event.

“We will spare no resources or expense in this effort…”

Trump said. “In these times, we have to unify. We have to come together and send

one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America.”

After four days of searching, the FBI traced the bombs to an AutoZone store in Florida. In the store parking lot, 56 year old Caesar Sayoc was found walking to a white van covered in pictures of

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, propaganda against the multiple members of the Democratic party and a sticker that read “CNN Sucks.” Inside the van were soldering equipment, manila envelopes and other items that could be linked to the pipe bombs. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Sayoc is facing up to 48 years in prison.

In the News: Five headlines you need to know this week EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a synopsis of a recent topic trending in world or national news.

ANDREW HREHA Editorial Assistant

1. Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Appears in Court Last Saturday, Robert Bowers walked into the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh and murdered 11 congregates of the church. Earlier this week, Bowers appeared in court for the first time since the incident. Bowers is facing 29 criminal charges against him, many of which carry the death penalty. Federal Authorities have made it clear that they will pursue that punishment to its fullest extent. Because Bowers was shot by police at the end of his attack, he appeared in court in a wheelchair.

However, Bowers showed no clear signs of injury during the hearing.

-The New York Times Oct. 29 2. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Scolds Bomb Threat Victims For Criticizing Trump White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has stated that President Donald Trump will continue to fight back against the claims of his political opponents after many were the targets of a potential bomb attack last week. Sanders

Nerve Continued from B2 It is beyond alarming that these types of things are still happening in our country. You never think it is going to affect you, or someone close to you, until it does.

These 11 victims, plus the other six who were injured, woke up like it was any other Saturday morning and had no idea what was to come. We never know what can happen, and it’s scary that you can’t even go to your place of worship without the fear of someone walking in and potentially attacking you because they oppose your views.

I was wary to go to

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A couple kneels before a memorial at Murray and Wilkins avenues on Sunday, Oct. 28 in Pittsburgh. The memorial was for the 11 people who were killed at the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. brought light to the fact that President Trump has been the recipient of his own political ridicule, and that conservatives in the past have been violently attacked. Sanders also said that she believed President Trump’s continued attack on the media and “fake news” did not play a role in the attempted attacks.

The Pentagon has announced that the United

States military will send approximately 5,000 troops to its Mexican border to block a potential caravan of illegal immigrants. A Pentagon official told NPR that the number could be slightly larger or smaller, but the troops are being sent to help aid the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection. The caravan of migrants is coming mainly from Central America towards the United States’ southern border. President Trump has been warning the caravan for weeks about coming to the United States, saying that the military will be there waiting for

church later the same night as the shooting. I started attending church regularly this past summer, and I’ve never had this pit-in-thestomach feeling that me going to church on a Saturday night is no different than what those Jewish people did earlier that same morning.

It can happen anywhere.

We shouldn’t have to feel threatened in places that are supposed to be safe.

Places meant for love and worship.

I am angry that this stuff keeps happening. I get angrier with each one I hear about, but this one is different. Now the violence has touched Pittsburgh, my home — our home.

This doesn’t just affect the Pittsburgh community, either; this affects the en-

tire country, along with the global Jewish community.

We need to rally around each other. I don’t know about other people, but this shooting really lit a fire in me, because it feels more personal. People in my community, people in my family, people that I love and people all over the country are confused and terrified because of the recent events that transpired.

People need to show love and compassion to everyone around them. Political affiliation doesn’t matter, religious affiliation doesn’t matter, skin color doesn’t matter and gender doesn’t matter. We need to collectively, as a country, continue to grow and treat everyone else as who they really are: human beings. This has to stop. It begins with us.

-Huffington Post Oct. 29 3. Pentagon: 5,000 Troops Will Be Deployed to US-Mexico Border

them if they do not turn back.

-National Public Radio Oct. 29 4. Musk Assumes New Role at Tesla Elon Musk has stepped into his new role as the “Nothing of Tesla.” This announcement came via Twitter, where Musk stated he has deleted his CEO position and all other positions he previously held at Tesla in favor of his new title. Musk then tweeted that he is legally required to assume the role of President of the car company, but plans to keep the title

Hate Continued from B2 and brutally kill an entire group of people just because of their beliefs or the color of their skin.

Part of me wants to say that history repeats itself, but I think in order for something to repeat, it has to stop in the first place. Hate is a problem that has been swept under the rug for too long.

Some say things like racism, sexism, xenophobia or hate no longer exist.

After the gruesome events that took place at the Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday, I hope those people are convinced otherwise.

of nothing. Musk has since stated that everything seems to be running fine with Tesla after taking an absence from social media over the weekend.

-Inside EVs Oct. 29 5. Brazil PresidentElect to Give More Power to Military After a victory in Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro will now focus his efforts on bringing military power back to the South American country. Bolsonaro used his victory speech mainly

I believe that at the root of all the violence in our country is a level of hate - a wound that desperately needs to be tended to. But how?

Well, the first step is heading to the polls Nov. 6. Many politicians have already responded to the shooting via social media posts or public statements. It’s clear where some of them stand.

Perhaps it could also be valuable to look into certain politicians’ beliefs on gun control. No matter what your stance is, you can’t deny that guns are part of the problem.

Pittsburgh’s Mayor Bill Peduto put it best when he called guns the “common denominator.” Depending on who is voted into office, that could

to take back statements from his past, promising to defend democracy and respect racial and sexual diversity. Bolsonaro also spoke about opening the country’s economy up to foreign investors. Bolsonaro puts a major emphasis on military and policing, a direct response to the over 64,000 people murdered in Brazil last year.

According to a study conducted within the country, 56 percent of the nation trusts the military, while only 6 percent trust the federal government.

-The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29

change.

Even further than the polls, I think what we need to do is come together as a country. The judgment, prejudices and incessant hate needs to stop. When mass shootings and acts of hate happen, don’t just offer thoughts and prayers.

When someone uses racial slurs or posts something derogatory online, don’t ignore it. Say something.

We must begin to love one another and understand that underneath our religions, nationalities, genders, sexual preferences and skin color, we are all human beings.

If we, as a society, can move towards love, this story can end with an even bigger bang: change.

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Halloween Parade a community tradition in Waynesburg ANTONIO PELULLO Staff Writer

The Lion’s Club annual Halloween parade has been a Waynesburg tradition for years. Some parents who saw their children walk in the parade are now seeing their grandchildren do the same.

Bill Harding, 68, has lived in Greene County his entire life, with the last 40 years spent in the Waynesburg area. Harding has also come to the last 40 parades. In that time, he’s watched his son and, more recently, his grandchildren take part in the parade.

“Tradition is what keeps communities together,” Harding said. “It gives me hope for the future, because a lot of the kids will want to stay here.”

Harding’s son, Billy Harding, 35, was in middle and high school he was part of the drum line for the marching band; now he’s the borough councilman for Ward one. Billy Harding also sees how the annual parade helps grow the community

Antonio Pelullo, The Yellow Jacket

Attendees of the Lion's Club Halloween Parade reflect on the annual tradition that children have participated in for generations. in many different ways.

“It’s great for economic growth in downtown and for just for keeping it family-oriented community I think that’s very important,” Billy Harding said. “It’s important to have these com-

munity events and to have the kids involved and let them grow with a sense of community.”

5 Kidz Kandy saw the benefits of the parade in doorbell rings. According to Kristy Vliet, 45, business

pick up more than usual about an hour before the parade starts. She has been with the 5 Kidz for four years now, and said people will come in the following days after the parade to get something they may have

not gotten on parade day.

“Sometimes they’ll come back for things they noticed something and they have their kids with them and they want to pick it up for Christmas,” Vliet said.

5 Kidz will even see an

Bikers organization preps food drive Tragedy Non-profits in region team up TIFFANY MORGAN Copy Desk Chief

In an effort to boost productivity and leave a greater impact on the community, an organization known as Bikers Helping Others spearheaded a partnership with other local non-profit groups.

Valerie Canigiani, treasurer of Bikers Helping Others, said that their goal is to provide enough food for families until January of next year.

The organization, located in Smithton, Pennsylvania, just recently achieved nonprofit status, according to Canigiani, but they have been organizing and serving the community informally for six years.

Their organization takes care of families in the region, specifically around the holiday season, providing gro-

Lungs Continued from B1 to make up for the deficit in labor.

“Their lungs really didn’t even have a chance,” she said.

The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which pulls from an excise tax on all underground mining production, was set up for miners whose employer companies cancelled their health policies for reasons like budget cuts or bankruptcy. The tax has fluctuated over the years, but has hovered around 4.4 percent, said Sarah Martik, campaign manager at the Center for Coalfield Justice. At the end of 2019, though, the fund will be decreased by 55 percent-going from about $1.10 to $0.50 for ton of underground coal.

That’s why Martik’s organization, in cooperation with the Alliance for Appalachia, visited Washington, D.C. two weeks ago to lobby for the fund’s extension beyond 2019, and to ask that the excise tax be increased.

For three days in late September, Martik and other lobbyists met with multiple legislators in the nation’s capital, including Bobby Scott, Va.-R from

ceries, toys and toiletries.

Canigiani said in past years, they have had one day open for donations to receive items for the families they are providing to.

This year, Bikers Helping Others has expanded their donation strategy, with a total of 23 boxes at different donation drop-off locations throughout the region.

The boxes are utilized from now until Christmas, for people to make donations.

In addition to the dropoff locations, Canigiani said there is also an Amazon wish-list open for donations for those who cannot travel to the donation sites.

“We try to try and cover a wide variety of areas to make it convenient for people to drop off [items],” Canigiani said. “For people who can’t get to the boxes can just go on Amazon, there’s no shipping charges and it comes right our door.”

Canigiani noticed in past years, the organization’s greatest struggle was obtaining enough donations.

She contacted the Salvation Army in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and found they have the same issue.

Bikers Helping Others plan to improve the amount of donations this year by partnering with Salvation Army, in Monessen, and Bag Brigade, located in Belle Vernon.

“I talked with the Salvation Army and found out they have the same problem we do, there’s never enough donations,” Canigiani said.

Canigiani said once their organization is able to retain enough items to provide for their families, they plan to donate the rest of the food items to the Salvation Army and Bag Brigade.

The region Bikers Helping Others covers reaches a little further than the Mon Valley, and Canigiani said they plan to cover as much as the area as possible.

“We just thought if we all work together, we really could help a bunch of families this holiday season, versus our normal 10 or 12, and that we really reach out

Virginia, Connor Lamb, Pa.-D, Michael Doyle, Pa.D and Joe Manchin, Wv.-D. Martik said that, overwhelmingly, legislators were supportive of the “ideolog y,” behind the Center’s requests, even if they didn’t commit to helping.

“O v e r w h e l m i n g l y, people were receptive,” she said. “They care a lot about this. They want to

state treasury supported by taxpayers. She wants to see the tax on mining production increased by 25 percent, to fill the gap.

Glagola thinks the problem stems from a lack of knowledge, and more resources need to be dedicated to finding answers.

“It’s a public health crisis and I think if it was a disease that more people were aware of, maaybe

“Southwestern Pennsylvania is not forgotten about; we are an important place in the general picture of this issue.”

SARAH MARTIK

Campaign Manager, The Center for Coalfield Justice

make sure that miners are protected.”

But there still isn’t any concrete legislation to actually provide the legislation, Martik said, and many legislators weren’t willing to lead the effort.

They wanted to “see what happens,” Martik said.

“We were looking for leadership on this issue,” Martik said. “We were asking people to step up, to write some legislation, to co-sponsor legislation, whatever. There was less interest in doing that.”

Martik said the fund is currently operating at a deficit, borrowing from the

we would see more action on this,” said Glagola. “We need the researchers, the clinicians, the government entities to really come together on all of this.”

For Martik, the priority is helping the population of southwestern Pennsylvania - a sizeable portion of which are coal miners.

“This is a thing that impacts so many people and so many lives in such a small area. That was really meaningful, to make sure that southwestern Pennsylvania is not forgotten about; we are an important place in the general picture of this issue.

and help a bunch of families,” Canigiani said.

Canigiani said she hopes the partnership will result in a significant increase in donations, which could make an even bigger difference in the local communities.

“I would love to have enough to cover the Salvation Army for three or four months for their food bank and the same thing with the Bag Brigade,” Canigiani said.

“I hope that we are able to carry all three organizations through the holidays, maybe until January.”

Canigiani said that being a small organization can hinder the known need for donations, but getting to work with other groups can make a major difference.

“This is something we’ve never done before,” Canigiani said. “To work with Salvation Army and the Bag Brigade is honestly something we didn’t plan to do, but it’s amazing because you can see that if three organizations work together, how much more we can accomplish.”

Grant Continued from B1 the county is $603,000 and it will be allotted into two separate projects, with $403,000 of it going to extending the Greene River Trail and a second grant of $200,000 going to the Wisecarver recreation area.

The larger and more complex project is the extension of the Greene River Trail. It is already 5.1 miles long, but with the grant the commissioners hope to extend the trail by 2.2 miles. Zimmerman said more development of the trail will come in the future, but the 2.2 mile extension is a start for the county.

“Our plan down the road is to expand the River Trail all the way along the river to the West Virginia border if we could do that and tie in with other trails,” said Zimmerman. “But it takes time, money and property acquisitions, so it will expand more in the future but how soon I couldn’t tell you.”

Within the Wisecarver project, Zimmerman is excited to be able to improve the local grounds and said that the original plan a few years ago was to add or improve new athletic fields and trails for Waynesburg University athletics. “ We acquired Wise-

increase of people coming in to stay warm during a chilly October night. Beverages and food such as hot chocolate, coffee and soup give 5 Kidz extra revenue on the day, leading them to stay open later than normal.

For others, the parade is deep reminder of community for Waynesburg. Erma Steinmiller, 77, has lived in Greene County her entire life. She, like Bill Harding, has watched two generations of her family participate.

“I think it’s great for the community and all the children to have something safe and secure and the lions club does a great job,” Steinmiller said.

Billy Harding believes the parade is more than enough evidence Waynesburg is one of the greatest places to live.

“I get to see my daughter now [take part in the parade] and raise my family in [the] Waynesburg borough,” Billy Harding said.

“I still think it’s one of the best places in the country to raise a family.”

nisms in place if people need to use any of them.” Soon after the attack in Pittsburgh, President Donald Trump told reporters that had Tree of Life had an armed security guard, the casualties would not have been as severe.

“Just like politicians, a lot of religious places are targeted, right? We’ve seen that over the past few years,” said Rhodes.

Some believe Pittsburgh will now have a voice in the national debate over gun control, having experienced a mass shooting like other communities that have appeared in the news in recent years: New Town, Connecticut; Las Vegas, Nevada and Parkland, Florida, to name a small portion.

With the attack completing a week that also included pipe bombs mailed to prominent politicians, national media outlets have reported on a country divided by partisanship and fear.

Rhodes doesn’t think the solution will be as simple as

gun control.

“I think guns are targeted a lot, but I think we need to think about media responsibility,” Rhodes said. “I think we need to think about psychiatric responsibility; I’ve noticed every one of these guys is on some type of psych meds.”

When asked for comment on how the city has coped with becoming part of the national conversation of gun violence, Public Affairs Officer for FBI Pittsburgh Catherine Policicchio said the situation was still “raw,” and the question was “inappropriate” at this time.

Regardless, communities in Pittsburgh have united both physically and via social media during the last week to offer support and uplift the Steel City.

Rhodes said First Assembly took time out of Sunday’s sermon to pray for the families of the victims and reflect on the events.

“The government needs to help and the church needs to help,” said Rhodes. “We need to make sure we are connecting with people and not letting them get in this lone wolf place...the responsibility lays on all of us.”

carver Damn and control of it with a lease less than a couple years ago,” said Zimmerman. “And we’ve been working on a plan, a master plan and at one time we we’re looking to make a cross country course down at Wisecarver. We were then approached by Waynesburg softball to put some fields in out there and that was something that was in the original plan.”

Zimmerman feels that it’s important to help Waynes-

burg whenever possible including this circumstance because the commissioners are excited that the university interacts with the town.

“You guys are a part of our community,” said Zimmerman. “I think President Lee and the Board of Commissioners have a good working relationship and we want to include in our thought process not only the county, but you are a part of it while you are here.”

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Yellow Jackets fight off Grove City, win PAC Championship

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Led by freshmen Aubrey Wingeart and Gloria Reed, the Yellow Jackets defeated Grove City by a three point margin, 44-47, to win the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships.

‘As defending champs, you have a target on your back and everyone is going after you’ MIKE TRAX

For The Yellow Jacket

For the third-straight season, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team stands alone on top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Grove City, which had won 27-straight PAC titles prior to Waynesburg’s current run, battled valiantly in the race, but came up just shy as the Yellow Jackets edged the Wolverines by three points, 44-47.

For the first time since 2010, the Yellow Jackets hosted the championship, consisting of eight teams, at the Greene County Airport. Head coach Chris Hardie was ecstatic with the performance of the team.

“It was very fun to watch if you were a spectator,” said Har-

die. “But as a coach, seeing the team finish strong, I was very impressed with their grit and determination.”

The Jackets were led by firstyear standouts Aubrey Wingeart and Gloria Reed, who placed third and fourth, respectively, with times of 24:20 and 24:21.

Those marks earned them firstteam All-PAC honors.

Simonton and sophomores Nicole Shelton and Rebecca Volz each placed top 14 overall in the event. To round out the top seven for the Yellow Jackets, sophomore Gianna Pugliano placed 16th and freshman Monica Kolencik placed 28th.

Being the defending champs can put a lot of pressure on a team, according to Hardie. Even with this added pressure, the Yellow Jackets were able to come

out on top.

“After winning your first championship, it gets harder to repeat again,” said Hardie. “As defending champs, you have a target on your back and everyone is going after you.”

Having a young team, Hardie believes senior leadership played a significant role in the Yellow Jackets’ success.

“The senior leadership has been great all year,” said Hardie.

“Teghan and Liz [Trump] were really calming influences on race day, which was very important.”

The rainy and cold conditions did not stop the Yellow Jackets from defending the title either.

“We have run in colder and muddier courses,” said Simonton. “But the airport is something else, there is no drainage for the water and it rained the previous

two days. Everybody was running on the same course.”

Simonton and Trump are the only seniors on the women’s team and the two were part of the previous teams that won the PAC title. With the expectation of success, the veteran runners felt the pressure to perform.

“Since it’s my senior year it gives more responsibility for everything,” said Simonton. “You do not want to be the class that loses the streak.”

Although Simonton was not Waynesburg’s top performer, she still led the team with her experience.

“We made a point to lead spiritually with them and to prepare them,” said Simonton. “Since we do have a large freshman class — they have never experienced a PAC championship, so they

might not know the meaning behind this race.”

Simonton made sure to reassure her younger teammates that this race shouldn’t be looked at any differently than previous races to ease their minds.

“Some people just need to be reminded that it’s just another race,” said Simonton. “We have done the training for it but some people get stuck in their heads and stress out.”

With the PAC Championship being Simonton’s last PAC race, she is excited for what the underclassmen can do in years to come.

“The feeling is very surreal, and I am very proud of the team’s accomplishments,” she said. “We set up a good team for the future because of the young talent we have.”

Freshman leads Jackets in Coach of the Year awarded to challenging race conditions Hardie after championship MICHAEL CAPPELLI

LUKE GOODLING

Six thousand kilometers.

That’s the distance Aubrey Wingeart had to run to help the Yellow Jackets win a third straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship.

The race is broken down into 3.7 miles that can make or break someone. 3.7 miles for a freshman runner in a new program to show what she means to a team that has a long tradition of excellence.

3.7 miles to hold off a Grove City team eager to reclaim their throne atop the PAC after their reign of 27-straight PAC titles ended three years ago when Waynesburg took home the title.

“I was definitely really nervous,” said Wingeart.

Over the past five years, Waynesburg University’s women’s cross country head coach Chris Hardie has led the program to three Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship titles and earned four Coach of the Year Awards.

For Hardie, it isn’t about the medals or the awards, it’s about the competition.

“I get going by going out and watching people compete and getting better every week,” Hardie said. “I am definitely a goal driven person and none of it revolves around winning awards or trophies – it’s all about just being the best we can be.”

This fall, Hardie entered his ninth season as the cross country head coach and his 13th season involved in the athletic de-

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Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket

Freshman Aubrey Wingeart has led the Yellow Jackets all season and placed third overall in the championship race.

partment, and experienced and sometimes that transia team that was distinctly tion is a little bit rougher different than any other he to go to college,” said Harhas coached. die. “We dealt with that “There was certainly a and that had been a new learning curve,” said Har- feeling in probably four or die. “I guess we five years of havkind of knew ing a primarily co m i n g i n we young team.” would have our Injuries were top seven reanother obstacle shaped this year, Hardie said he it would be tohad to manage tally different.” throughout the After losing a season. Despite significant numthe high volume ber of seniors of injuries HarHardie who heavily condie said the team tributed to the program’s suffered during the season, success last year, Hardie there was not a clear reasaid this year’s focus was son for it. on preparing the younger “It was the worst year in athletes on the team. Har- 13 years I have been here at die knew he had a talented Waynesburg where it was freshman class, but he said like an injury after another,” he wasn’t sure how quickly said Hardie. “Some of it octhey would adapt to colle- curred in the summer and giate-level athletics. a majority of it occurred “They had been really good high school runners HARDIE >> C4

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Men finish fifth place at championship DYLAN CLELAND and LUKE GOODLING Staff Report

Last weekend, the men’s cross country team ran in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships finishing fifth out of nine teams. The conference championships ran at the Greene County Airport.

After setting a ‘stretch goal’ of finishing in third, head coach Chris Hardie said he wasn’t devastated by the fifth place finish.

“Throughout the race, they put themselves in a position to do that and they fell just short,” Hardie said. “It’s about the closest finish possible, because we had a four person pack – four in a row at the end – if somehow they could have jumped two guys, it could have switched that whole race around and we could have finished third.”

The sophomore success that the Jackets found throughout the season continued at PACs with Jordan Payne finishing 15th with a time of 28:37.03. Behind him, were classmates Nate Jecelin 22nd, Matt Mansfield 23rd, Mac Colomb 25th and Matt Durgin 26th.

Hardie was pleased with the performance of the sophomore class, not only Saturday but also as the season progressed.

“We’ve definitely seen them step up this year, which is important, but there is still a lot more to go,” said Hardie. “So, they need to continue to progress this off season and then going into next year I’m sure they will, but it’s

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Every victory this season for Jackets has been within 3 JOE SMELTZER Columnist

Photo courtesy of Patty Kaczynski Scott

Sophomore Matt Mansfield finished 23rd overall, third for the Jackets, in the conference championship with a time of 29:09. been a pretty consistent group the whole year through.”

Payne earned honorable mention All-PAC along with being named the male athlete of the week at Waynesburg for his efforts over the weekend. Hardie said he feels that Payne grew throughout the season and it was apparent during the championship.

“He’s very smart with pace, he understands he doesn’t need to come out super fast,” said Hardie. “He save energy, he reserves energy really well and a lot of the guys feed off that so I think he’s a calming influence there but a real consistent performer who’s

really grown this year.”

Looking ahead, the men’s team will race one more time at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships. At regionals, Hardie said he hopes the team will place 23rd in the region.

“I think the goal is, and it’s a weird number, but I think 23 in the region is what we picked earlier in the year,” said Hardie. “I really think they have a top 20 in them, which is what I keep talking to them about in the past week here.

We’ve never done that in the program here; we’ve never been able to get into the top 20.”

Reflecting on the season

the men’s cross country program had, Hardie said a large part of their success could be attributed to the hard work of the coaching staff.

“Laurel Rush handles the men’s training and she changed up her training this year,” said Hardie.

“I think it’s worked really well, so I think we’ve taken some notes on that, I give a lot of credit to her for the development of those guys.”

The next race for Waynesburg will be the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships, which will be held at DeSales University in Center Valley on Nov. 10 starting at noon.

Head coach Chris Smithley said after the Waynesburg football team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 29-12 loss to Westminster that the program was “10 times better” than it was when he took over before last season. Since then, the Yellow Jackets have supported their head coach.

Waynesburg is 4-4 going into Saturday’s matchup at Case Western Reserve, equaling its combined total from 2016 and 2017.

The team also could easily be 6-2 at this point—losing close games to opponents early in the season.

The biggest red flag, however, is that none of the Jackets’ wins have been convincing. In other words, the team could be 0-8 and at the bottom of the PAC. All four of Waynesburg’s wins have been by three points or fewer, and required a fortunate bounce or two along the way.

The Yellow Jackets’ first win of the season against Geneva in week four likely wouldn’t have happened if they didn’t stop Geneva's Trewon Marshall on fourth-and-goal at the Waynesburg 1-yard line in the third quarter trailing 7-0.

Waynesburg ended up defeating the Golden Tornadoes

10-7.

The team won its second straight game the following week at Thiel. Waynesburg trailed the Tomcats 14-3 in the second quarter before taking the lead on a 72-yard touchdown pass before halftime.

Waynesburg ended up winning 24-21.

The team won by the same score the next week against Carnegie Mellon. The result would have been different if not for the defense coming up with two red zone interceptions in the first half.

Waynesburg’s most recent win against St. Vincent told a similar story. Without two kicks of 39 and 40 yards, respectively, by senior Garret Guthrie, the Jackets wouldn’t have moved back to .500.

This Waynesburg team is much better than it was the past two years, but to illustrate how unconvincing the Jackets’ wins have been, the team’s combined margin of victory in four wins this season—11 points—is much less than it was last year with two wins at 37 points.

With the last two games coming against Case Western Reserve and Washington & Jefferson, there’s a strong chance that the Yellow Jackets have won their last game in 2018. With most of their key performers returning next year, Waynesburg can increase its win total, and this time win games in a more convincing fashion.

PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROUNDUP FOOTBALL STANDINGS Case Western Reserve Wash. & Jeff Westminster Grove City Waynesburg Carnegie Mellon Bethany Geneva Saint Vincent Thiel

MEN’S SOCCER Conf. Overall 6-1 7-1 6-1 7-1 5-2 5-3 4-3 5-3 4-3 4-4 3-3 4-3 3-4 3-5 2-4 2-5 1-6 1-7 0-7 0-8

Saturday’s Box Score

Saint Vincent 10, WAYNESBURG 12 Saint Vincent 7 3 0 0 10 Waynesburg 3 3 0 6 12

SCORE RECAP

First Quarter: WAY - Garret Guthrie field goal good from 39 yds, 10:17;. SVC - Tekoah Guedes 36 yd TD rush, 07:08.

Second Quarter: WAY - Garret Guthrie 40 yd field goal good, 12:26. SVC - Elliot 27 yd field goal good, 00:10.

Fourth Quarter: WAY - Tyler Perone 9 yd TD pass complete to Nick Moretti, 04:50.

STANDINGS Grove City Westminster Bethany Wash. & Jeff.

Geneva Waynesburg Thiel Saint Vincent

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Conf. Overall 6-0-1 13-1-4 5-2 12-5 4-2-1 7-8-3 4-3 6-9-1 3-3-1 8-7-2 2-4-1 5-10-1 1-5-1 5-11-1 0-6-1 1-15-1

Saturday’s Box Score

SCORE RECAP

First Half: W&J - Goal by Paul Mokrzan, 09:14; Goal by Paul Mokrzan, 31:04.

Second Half: W&J - Goal by Matt Prezioso, 64:22.

UPCOMING GAMES

Saint Vincent rushing

ATT YDS TD Guedes ................................... 18 91 1 Stasko .................................... 13 42 0 Saint Vincent receiving Stasko ................................

Saturday, October 27

Saint Vincent 27, Grove City 30; Case Western 34, Bethany 3.

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday, November 3 Carnegie Mellon at Westminster - 1 p.m.; Bethany at Thiel - 1 p.m.; Washington and Jefferson at Saint Vincent - 1 p.m.; Waynesburg at Case Western - 2 p.m.; Grove City at Geneva - 7 p.m.

Thursday's Box Score

Westminster Wash. & Jeff.

Bethany Geneva Grove City Saint Vincent Thiel Chatham Waynesburg

15-1 29-2 14-2 18-9 12-3 19-9 9-7 18-11 7-9 7-18 6-10 14-19 5-11 9-17 2-13 6-20 1-15 5-23

Waynesburg 3, Thiel 1 Thiel 22 23 25 22 Waynesburg 25 25 22 25

SCORE RECAP Second Half: W&J - Goal by Brianna Floryshak, 58:26.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (WAY)

Wylie....................................................................... 12 Waynesburg Assists

Wednesday, October 24: Carlow 1, Westminster 2; Bethany 0, Wash. & Jeff. 2; Waynesurg 0, Geneva 2.

Saturday, October 27: Westminster 0, Grove City 3; Wash. & Jeff. 1, Waynesburg 0; Saint Vincent 1, Bethany 2.

Zuchelli.....................................................................42 Waynesburg Digs Guiser........................................................................28

CROSS COUNTRY MEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 27 PAC Championships (8k) 1. Washington & Jefferson, 33 pts.; 5. Waynesburg, 111 pts.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, November 2: Grove City Twilight (5k) Saturday, November 10: Division 3 Mideast Championships (8k)

WOMEN RECENT RESULTS Team Saturday, October 27 PAC Championships (6k) 1. Waynesburg, 44 pts.; 2. Grove City, 47 pts.

UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, November 2

RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES

Grove City Twilight (5k) Saturday, November 10

Monday, October 29: Geneva at Chatham - 8 p.m.

PAC M. SOCCER LEADERS

Saturday, October 27: Westminster 3, Saint Vincent 1; Geneva 3, Keuka 0; Wash. & Jeff. 3, Grove City 0; Geneva 3, Cortland 2.

Division 3 Mideast Championships (6k)

POINTS: Iregui, 42, WES; Mattocks, 26, WES; Caporaso, 22, GC. GOALS: Iregui, 17, WES; Mattocks, 10, WES; Caporaso, 9, GC. ASSISTS: Ireguli, 8, WES; O'Halloran, 7, GEN; Sisler, 6, WAY. SAVES: Conrad, 112, THI; Stasko, 72, W&J; Bohn, 70, SVC.

REC YDS TD 5 62 0

RECENT RESULTS

Wash. & Jeff. 1, Waynesburg 0 Wash. & Jeff. 0 1 1 Waynesburg 0 0 0

Tuesday, October 30: Bethany at Westminster - 2 p.m.; Wash. & Jeff. at Grove City - 8 p.m.

Waynesburg receiving

Saint Vincent passing COM ATT YDS TD Guedes .................... 13 34 133 1

STANDINGS Conf. Overall

RECENT RESULTS

RECENT RESULTS

Waynesburg rushing

REC YDS TD Moretti.................................. 4 27 1 Booth................................. 3 49 0 J. Jones................................. 3 25 0

Conf. Overall Grove City 8-0 15-3 Westminster 6-2 14-5 Wash. & Jeff.

6-2 9-7-2 Geneva 5-2 9-7 Chatham 4-3 10-5 Waynesburg 3-5 7-7-2 Thiel 1-6-1 2-13-3 Bethany 1-7 5-13 Saint Vincent 0-7-1 4-11-1

Waynesburg Kills

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

ATT YDS TD Walker.................................... 18 70 0 Taylor...................................... 4 11 0

STANDINGS

Saturday's Box Score

Wash. & Jeff. 3, Waynesburg 0 Wash. & Jeff. 2 1 3 Waynesburg 0 0 0

Saturday, October 27: Geneva 2, Thomas Moore 1; Wash. & Jeff 3, Waynesburg 2; Grove City 3, Westminster 2; Bethany 3, Saint Vincent 1.

Waynesburg passing COM ATT YDS TD Perone................ 15 25 128 1

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

PAC VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

KILLS: Sparks, 377, BET; Saxton, 353, WES; Mcnulty, 325, GEN. ASSISTS: O' Brien, 871, W&J.; Grubbs, 981, THI.; Hunsinger, 844, GEN. BLOCKS: Buchanan, 81, GRO; Lydic, 88, W&J; Jacques, 74, W&J. DIGS: Moore, 615, WES; Parker, 549, BET; Taylor, 544, SVC.

PAC W. SOCCER LEADERS

POINTS: Birsic, 28, WES; Schoeneweis, 22, GEN; Williams, 26, GC.

UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday, October 30: Thiel at Bethany - 7 p.m.; Grove City at Geneva - 7 p.m.

Friday, November 2: TBD at Westminster - 6 p.m.; TBD at Wash. & Jeff. - 8 p.m.

GOALS: Williams, 11, GC; Birsic, 11, WES; Houser, 10, Gen; Burke, 10, GC.

PAC FOOTBALL LEADERS

PASSING YARDS: Saxton, 2375, CWR; Adams, 2280, WJC; Cline, 1533, CMU. RUSHING YARDS: Schools, 1126, GC; Marshall, 1085, GEN; West, 944, WJC. TACKLES: Maines, 73, THI; Gonzalez, 72, WES; Wagner, 72, THI.

ASSISTS: Schoeneweis, 10, GEN; Heckman, 7, GC; Anderson, 6, CHA.

SACKS: Brown, 12, CWR; Gray, 7, SVC; Blango, 6, BET.

SAVES: Syfert, 108, WAY; Watkins, 98, W&J; Tresler, 93, THI.

INTERCEPTIONS: Jackson, 6, GC; Quattrone, 5, WJC; Cann, 5, GEN.

GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Jefferson-Morgan

Carmichaels

Mapletown

Waynesburg Central

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Football

Football

Football

JEFFERSON-MORGAN 7, BENTWORTH 29 Jefferson-Morgan 7 0 0 0 7 Bentworth 14 6 9 6 29

BROWNSVILLE 0, CAMRMICHAELS 18 Brownsvile 0 0 0 0 Carmichaels 0 6 12 0

CALIFORNIA 35, MAPLETOWN 0 California 21 6 8 0 Mapletown 0 0 0 0

KEYSTONE OAKS 41, WAYNESBURG 6 Waynesburg 6 0 0 0 6 Keystone Oaks 0 26 15 0 41

Friday’s Box Score

Jefferson-Morgan played host to Bentworth on Friday looking for their third win of the year, and looking to close out on a good note for senior night. The Rockets started out fast with a 27 yard touchdown pass from Jacob Broadwater to Justin Maddich, but that was not nearly enough. Trent Cavanaugh and Bentworth answered early ad consistently; scoring in every quarter including a 14 point response to jump ahead, and not turn back.

Friday’s Box Score

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The Mighty Mikes also were looking for their third win on friday when they played host to Brownsville at 7 p.m. The Carmichaels defense was nothing short of spectacular in the season finale, holding Brownsville to zero points as the offense got just enough points to pull off the senior night victory.

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For Mapletown, the goal on friday night was to get the teams first win, and send the seniors out on a high note. The Maples had their hands full traveling to California to take on Jelani Stafford, and the Trojans. Although a victory would have been sweet, Mapletown could not pull it off against the playoff favorites losing the California by a score of 35-0.

The Raiders of Waynesburg Central played host to Keystone Oaks for their senior night looking for their third win of the season as well. The Raiders struck first with a 12 yard touchdown run from half-back Nate Stephenson. Those were the only points for Waynesburg, and they fell to the Golden Eagles by a score of 41-6.

West Greene Football

Friday’s Box Score

WEST GREENE 20, UNION 6 West Greene 0 14 0 6 20 Union 6 0 0 0 6 West Greene played host to Union on their senior night, and the Pioneer run game was lights out. Three different running backs scored for the Pioneers, and they took care of Union 206. West Green takes on Rochester in the quarterfinals of the playoffs on friday; that game is sceduled to kick off at 7:30.

NEXT GAME: Vs. Rochester @ Waynesburg 11/2 - 7:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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Waynesburg Central grad plays pivotal role with defense JOE SMELTZER

Senior Editorial Assistant

Through senior linebacker John-Glen Davis’ career at Waynesburg University, the team has struggled to win games.

Since Davis arrived at Waynesburg in 2015, the Yellow Jackets are 11-27 overall and 10-21 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Despite shortcomings in recent years, the Yellow Jackets have had success at the linebacker position.

Last season, Davis and fellow linebackers Tristan Sandrosky and Brent Blacharczyk, who is now a graduate assistant at his alma mater, were named All-PAC honorable mention.

Michael Heasley received the same honor in 2016, as did Aaron Palmer the year prior. This season, Davis, now a captain, is carrying the torch as the leader of the linebacker corps, following on a breakout junior season. He currently is second on the team and ranks seventh in the PAC with 57

tackles.

It was due to two of his predecessors, Blacharczyk and Sandrosky, that he was able to hone his leadership skills.

“They were always the guys I was following, doing what they were doing and I

linebackers that features junior Tyler Smith. Despite his status as a captain, Davis doesn’t describe himself as a chatterbox.

This summer, he had to answer questions at the PAC’s Media Day, representing Waynesburg, and

“He's a doer; he's not a talker. I think that guys watch that and they see that. He doesn't have to talk about it because he's presenting it with his actions. It's always good to have a leader like that.”

SCOTT VENICK

Defensive coordinator

was just playing my game,” Davis said. “Coming in this year, when they were gone and I was the only [returning linebacker] and knew how it was, I had to really step into a role as a leader, be more vocal and just get out of my shell a little bit.”

Davis is in the center of another strong group of

was not comfortable in that setting. For defensive coordinator Scott Venick, however, Davis does not have to say much to set an example for his teammates.

“He’s a doer, he’s not a talker,” Venick said. “I think that guys watch that and they see that. He doesn’t have to talk about it, be-

cause he’s presenting it with his actions. It’s always good to have a leader like that.”

As a graduate of Waynesburg Central High School, Davis did not have to travel far to pursue a college education and continue his football career. He decided to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, Dan, who was a junior tight end for the Yellow Jackets at the time for then-head coach Rick Shepas.

Although many students see college as a chance to distance themselves from home, geography did not make a difference to Davis.

“Going away, staying home, it didn’t matter to me, because you can make yourself as distant as you want,” Davis said. “You can be as close to home as you want or you can make it as far away even if you’re in the same town.”

Venick recruited both Davis brothers to play at Waynesburg. He described FOOTBALL >> C4

Women end season on 4-game skid RAY PAQUET

For The Yellow Jacket

The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team concluded its season this past Saturday on senior day, hosting Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival Washington & Jefferson (W&J). In the last game of the regular season, the Jackets fell to the Presidents, 1-0.

Head coach L aura Heethuis felt the team was not ready for the physical play of the Presidents’ (97-2, 6-2) and could’ve been more in tune with each other.

“I thought we came out soft and weren’t ready for the physical battle that they were going to bring,” Heethuis said. “I don’t think we did a great job playing together as a team and we weren’t on the same page on the day. We didn’t create enough in the attack either to threaten and relieve pressure from our end.”

After the two teams went into halftime tied, W&J’s Brianna Floryshak scored the game’s only goal in the 58th minute. Waynesburg (7-2, 3-5) would battle for the remainder of the contest, but was unable to find the back of the net. The Presidents’ outshot the Jackets 19-10, but that was the lone goal for the PAC opponent.

Waynesburg managed to put five of their 10 total shots on goal. Five different Jackets had a shot on frame on the afternoon.

Freshman Continued from C1 “Grove City was pretty close to us so there was a lot of pressure.”

Michelle Cross, assistant coach for the women’s cross country team, said Wingeart’s season and championship race itself resemble that of previous successful runners that Waynesburg has had in the past.

“A lot of the girls like Julie [Gerber], Ellie [Loch], Angie [Marchetti],” said Cross.

Although Cross did mention the similarities, she said that a big challenge for Wingeart was transitioning to the longer distance.

“Her biggest hurdle is adjusting to the distance because it’s a different race,” said Cross. “That extra thousand meters is a little bit of mental adjustment.” ***

Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket

John-Glen Davis is second on the team for total tackles with 57.

COMMENTARY

PAC rules one reason Jackets missed playoffs TYLER GODWIN Columnist

Ashley Hall, The Yellow Jacket

After being polled to finish fifth in the Presidents' Athletic Conference this season, the Yellow Jackets slip to sixth after being shut out against Washington & Jefferson.

Junior goalkeeper Courtney Syfert, who has now completed her final season as a Yellow Jacket soccer player because she is graduating a year early, believes it was a tough task for the seniors in their final game as Jackets, though the season did have some peaks.

“Playing W&J on senior night was bittersweet,” Syfert said. “I just wanted to come out of that game with a win for my last game, to have a winning record and to leave it all out on our home field. Unfortunately, we came up short, but I was proud of the team for everything we’ve accomplished this season.”

Mile one, the start of the race for Wingeart, began with fresh legs and nerves.

Leading the Yellow Jackets out of the start, Wingeart pushed off the starting line onto the course that will become each runners own personal prison for the next 3.7 miles. The runners group up and jostle for positioning.

“For the first mile, I was in this pack of girls,” said Wingeart. “It’s not exactly where I wanted to be … so I tried to move up from there.” *** The transi tion from running a 5k race to a 6k race was a tough one for Wingeart. She said that even though there is only a 1,000-meter difference, the affect it can have mentally is significant.

“I’m still trying to get over the whole 5k to 6k thing,” said Wingeart. “It’s only another 1,000 meters, but for some reason I think

Syfert also mentioned that she can only thank God for giving her the opportunity to play the sport she loves.

She is thankful that her athletic career isn’t done yet due to the fact that she also plays softball in the spring for the Yellow Jackets.

Not only are the Yellow Jackets losing Syfert in net, but the team will also lose the senior leadership in midfielder Hannah Roth, defender McKenzie Shaffer and midfielder Natalie Fortna.

“We had a lot of depth on the field this year and had many different players

there is another 200 meters instead of three quarters of a mile.” *** Mile two, where races can be won or lost for teams, began to fall apart strategically for the Yellow Jackets. It’s where most of the strategies that coaches and runners plan for take place. For Wingeart, the coaches planned on her as well as senior Teghan Simonton to draft off fellow teammate Gloria Reed.

“Teghan and I were going to run 50-70 yards behind her and then make a move from there,” said Wingeart. “But it didn’t quite go as planned.”

In the second mile, Wingeart found herself behind two of the top runners in the conference.

“Through the second mile, the top two runners separated and mentally I didn’t think I could catch them,” said Wingeart. “So, I just tried to maintain at that point.”

providing great minutes,” Heethuis said.

The Jackets finished the season seventh out of 10 teams in the conference and fell short of an opportunity to participate in the PAC tournament. Next season, assuming they all return, the Jackets will have six seniors to lead the way, along with a plethora of juniors and sophomores.

“We also had a number of freshmen step up and play new roles which is a good sign for the future,” Heethuis said.

Waynesburg University finishes the season fifth in the PAC standings, missing the playoffs by one spot.

*** Mile three, the last one before the finish line, began with the Yellow Jackets losing position to Grove City. The final leg was the breaking point for Wingeart, the Yellow Jackets and the fate of the PAC Championship title.

“Coach Hardie was there with 400-meters to go,” said Wingeart. “He was shouting ‘you have to go or we are going to lose PAC’s,’ so that was difficult.”

When Wingeart finished, she thought that she could have gone faster or made a move in a different place to possibly improve the Jackets score.

“That was probably the fastest I’ve run in the end,” said Wingeart. “I probably had too much left in the tank.”

Wingeart went on to finish first for the Jackets, and third overall with a time of 24:20, helping the Jackets secure their third straight PAC championship.

A small rule in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference ended up costing the Waynesburg men’s soccer team its chances to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2014.

With a 3-0 loss to Washington & Jefferson (W&J) this past Saturday, the Yellow Jackets were eliminated from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference postseason for the fourth year in a row.

Coming into the game, W&J needed to win to make the playoffs. For Waynesburg, though, it was a little more complicated thanks to some of the tiebreaker rules in the PAC. Entering play Saturday, the Yellow Jackets were 2-3-1 in the conference and the Presidents were 3-3. Grove City, Westminster and Bethany had already clinched three of the four spots for the postseason, leaving the fourth spot open to either Waynesburg, Geneva—who was 3-31— or W&J. Waynesburg tied Geneva 3-3 in its second-to-last game of the season Oct. 24.

A win would have tied the Yellow Jackets with Geneva in the standings at 3-3-1 (10 points). The tiebreaker for a head-to-head tie like this is conference scoring differential.

Here’s where it gets interesting, and, in my opinion, ridiculous.

Going into Waynesburg’s final game, Geneva had a plus-two scoring differential (13-11) and Waynesburg, according to PAC rules, had a negative-one scoring differential (11-12).

This meant that the Jackets needed to beat the Presidents by at least three goals to contend for the postseason, because if Geneva and Waynesburg tied in scoring differential, the next tiebreak is “goals for in conference matches.” Scoring three goals would have given them more goals in conference than Geneva, meaning they would get into to postseason.

That’s way too many scenarios for me, and it shouldn’t have gotten to that point.

Here’s why: The Yellow Jackets actually had a plus-one differential.

Let me explain. The PAC has a rule that if one team beats another by five or more goals, the winning team is credited with a plus-four, rather than a plus-five or more.

Waynesburg defeated Saint Vincent 6-0 in the PAC season opener Sept. 29. Rather than getting credit for scoring all six goals, the Yellow Jackets settled for a plus-four that ended up haunting them at the end of the season.

If Waynesburg was credited with all six goals that they scored in that match, it would have gone into the final game of its regular season against W&J with a plus-one scoring differential (13-12). In that scenario (what should have been the case), the Yellow Jackets just needed to win SOCCER >> C4

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Eleven.

That number represents the combined margin of victory in Waynesburg football’s four wins thus far in the 2018 campaign.

Now sitting at a 4-4 mark after the bye week with a 4-3 conference record, the Yellow Jacket football team is just one win away from becoming eligible for a bowl game.

The t wo teams that stand in Waynesburg’s way, however, are the two atop the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

The first challenge lies in the #20 Case Western Reserve University Spartans. “ T h e s e a r e t wo b i g games,” said Waynesburg head football coach Chris

Smithley. “Getting healthy is our priority. We were beat up from the past couple of games and the bye came at the right time.

Having our guys feel better is pretty important, but any time that you have any extra time to prepare for a team like Case Western certainly helps.”

Last year, Waynesburg traveled to Case Western and it was soundly defeated by a 56-21 final tally. The defense allowed nearly 600 total yards of offense, led by Spartan quarterback Rob Cuda.

Cuda has since graduated, but a new face has taken over under center in freshman Drew Saxton.

The South Fayette native leads the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in passing yards, passer efficiency, touchdowns thrown

has seen this year is in pass defense. Despite not intercepting many passes this year, the secondary has surrendered the fewest passing yards per game in the conference.

Senior Justin Willkow leads the way defensively after earning second-team All-PAC laurels a year ago.

W hen him and senior teammate John-Glen Da-

vis are both in the starting lineup, the Yellow Jackets are 4-1. “ We knew we had 11 people that were going to come back and get some playing time,” said Willkow. “Not playing left a void in the defense, so when I came back, we got on board. The night I came back John-Glen Davis was out [with an injury] and we

ended up losing that game.

So, when we’re all healthy I think we can compete with anybody in the PAC.” Despite the quarterback change, Willkow sees a lot of similarities with the current offense ran by Saxton as opposed to the graduated Cuda.

“They’re going to come right out of the gates and throw often,” said Willkow.

“Their game plan hasn’t changed. Cuda was one of the best quarterbacks that I’ve played against since I ’ve been [at Waynesburg University]. Saxton is young and he’s getting a lot of the spotlight because he’s playing at such a high level as a freshman.”

The Yellow Jackets will kick off against Case Western Reserve University on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2:00 p.m.

an issue for John Glen-Davis in college, so he patiently awaited his opportunity, and learned from those who were playing ahead of him.

“I wasn’t in the program long enough, and I just needed to see what it was like, to see what the feel of the program was like and how everything goes,” he said. “So, it was nice going from seeing how great leaders are pulling other players along with them in the right direction to make the program go the right way. [It’s] helped me have the right mind and eyes to see what really needs to go on and how I really need to go after it.”

Davis came to college as a two-sport athlete, playing both football and baseball as a freshman. As a result of his baseball commitments, he wasn’t able to be with the football team for spring practices during his freshman year. Although Davis enjoyed baseball—he’s considering playing again this year—he decided to turn his attention solely to the gridiron.

“Football was just my main concern,” Davis said.

“That’s where I was really focusing. That’s where I was excelling. That’s where my heart was at. I really wanted to play football, and missing [spring practices put me behind]. I was playing baseball. So, I really wasn’t in football mode [during the spring].

Venick said that Davis reminded him of a linebacker who was a standout on Waynesburg’s last winning team; Kyle Richie. Richie was a Division III All-American in 2014 and made one of the most famous plays in recent Waynesburg history when he blocked a field goal attempt in overtime to setup the Jackets’ upset of Washington & Jefferson.

“They were both very active...” he said. “They’re playmakers, and we love playmakers on defense. We look to make plays within the structure of the system.

That’s where John-Glen and Kyle Richie are two of a kind.”

Although Davis’ football career will end after this

season, he still has a year of classes to take at Waynesburg and will graduate in the Spring of 2020. After he is done playing, Davis is considering watching the unit from the sidelines as a coach.

“Knowing the system here, he’d be a really good [coach] here…,” Venick said.

“I think he would add a lot. I think he’s learned the game, and I think that’s one of the biggest parts of it. He’s learned the game more in the last three years. He’s bought in and understood it for the last two years, now he can convey to the younger guys. He does a really good job and I think he’d be an excellent coach.”

Venick described Davis as a “high energy” player and will miss his intensity on the field.

He’s left a mark here.

He’s a very respected player here… hopefully, we can find another guy with a high energy motor and [is as] athletic as he is also…

He’s definitely left a mark of being a great teammate, great player and great leader.”

the game.

That’s all.

Instead, because of the rule that discredits a team for scoring too much in a game, a Waynesburg team that scored three or more goals in just four out of 16 total contests in the 2018 season had to will itself to at least three goals against a W&J team that allowed three or more goals just three times this year entering that game.

Knowing that they needed to win by three in the game, the Yellow Jackets completely altered their style to try and get on the board early. The team was forcing the ball into W&J territory and doing whatever it took to just get scoring opportunities and chances.

It was obvious that they were sacrificing anything they could to get that first

goal, but W&J capitalized first in the game just nine minutes in, essentially deflating the life in the team and solidifying their fourth-straight season without postseason play.

This 2018 Yellow Jacket team averaged just 1.69 goals per game. Their style was much more balanced than trying to go all out to score.

That changed the course of the game and what it could have been from the start.

Had the Yellow Jackets played their normal style, I don’t think W&J scores as quickly. I don’t think W&J scores three goals. I don’t think Waynesburg would have been scoreless. The game would have been much closer.

If Waynesburg knew it just needed to win the game, rather than win by three because of a rule that caps teams from scoring too much, the outcome of the game would have been different. They still may have lost, but they might have won too. In any case, the game would have been played much differently by

both sides.

The idea of a “cap” in scoring at the collegiate level is ridiculous. If a college team can’t stop the other team from scoring, that’s on them.

When a game gets “out of hand,” many coaches put in players that typically don’t see much playing time. Those depth players are going to give it everything they have because they are trying to get more playing time themselves. They’re not just going to give up.

Those player’s minutes are limited throughout the season, so they’re going to make the most of their chances.

If one team’s backups start scoring on the other team’s starters, the team doing the scoring should not be penalized.

The bottom line for this is that this is college athletics. If you are losing badly to other teams, that’s on you to continue to develop and recruit players that will improve the program. Teams that are scoring a lot should be cred-

ited for every point they get, period.

In the case of the Yellow Jackets, the PAC is telling them that they shouldn’t have scored so much. The PAC is telling Thomas Robinson, who scored the fifth goal against Saint Vincent, and Lane Chaney, who scored the sixth goal in that game—his only of the season—that their goals are irrelevant.

That isn’t fair to the players. That isn’t fair to the teams that are right on the cusp of reaching the playoffs.

This rule effectively kept the Waynesburg men’s soccer team out of the playoffs this year. You can’t assume that the Yellow Jackets would have won that game had they received credit for every goal they scored this year, but I know for a fact that the game against W&J last Saturday would have played out much differently.

Most rules are in place for a reason, but this specific rule has no place in college athletics.

over Grove City College, finishing third and fourth overall.

Looking ahead, Hardie said he doesn’t focus on the recent success of the program but instead on the pursuit of putting together a national-level program.

“I am consumed by the idea of putting a team together that will go to nationals,” said Hardie. “I think it is easier on our women side, so I do get kind of fixated on recruiting really high-end female athletes here.”

But to get to the national

level, Hardie said he recognizes it’s going to take the same coaching staff that’s helped him earn four Coach of the Year awards in five years – Michelle Cross, Laurel Rush and Kristen Stone.

“I wish I could cut that award into four and give each of them a section of it,” said Hardie. “There is so much behind-thescenes, especially in our program where because of my role here in Student Services I don’t get to spend as much time with them – that’s where those three-step in.”

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and total offense. “ We’re going to apply pressure [on Saxton] when it’s the right time, and I’m fully confident that our defense can do that,” Smithley said. “We know [Saxton] is good, we know he’ll get his yards, we just have to find a way to get to him.

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senior season can be even better.

“I definitely think that For Waynesburg Uni- I i m p r o v e d o v e r t h e versity’s women’s tennis course of the season,” head coach Ron Headlee, said Hughes. “There were the 2018 season repre- some close matches this sented a year of growth year that we weren’t able for a young team. to get over the hump in. I “I definitely thought think we can learn from as the year went on we those losses and get betstarted to play better,” said ter from them.”

Headlee. “I thought the Hughes credited Headgirls started to gain more lee for keeping the team confidence and I think we focused and for always took a step forward.” keeping a positive attitude The Yellow Jackets fin- that the team could feed ished the campaign with off of. two wins, which is one “Since coach Headlee more win than has been here, they had the the team has previous seareally improved son. With only o v e r a l l ,” s a i d one senior on Hughes. “I know this year’s team, for me personthe Jackets are ally, [Headlee] is already looking always keeping forward to next me focused on season with the next point some younger and telling me girls set to reHughes not to get frusturn. trated or get in “Natalie Johnston is our my own head.” only senior,” said HeadWith most of the team lee. “Kylie Schmidt was a r e t u r n i n g n e x t y e a r, freshman, playing in the Hughes believes that the No. 1 spot for us. I was team chemistry will be proud of her for staying something that can help within herself and giving the win total. her best effort. This was “I’m excited about the the first full year for Lau- doubles pairings returnren Wadsworth as well. ing,” said Hughes. “I think We have a young team.” you could tell the last few Headlee believes that matches of the year we having this young team were playing a lot better. stay together, as well as Having that consistency hopefully adding some and playing together will recruits, will pay off with be a big plus.” more wins next year.

Headlee said the work “I ’m hoping that we ethic on this team is seccan at least double our ond to none and he is win total next year,” said looking forward to seeing Headlee. “I’m talking to it pay off next year. some recruits that can “As far as attitude and hopefully come in and willingness to work, this add some depth to this team is as good as any roster and make the team I’ve coached,” said Headstronger.” lee. “I love going to pracC o - c a p t a i n N o e l l e tice with this team every Hughes said that she felt day. I’m looking forward her game took a step in to getting this group back the right direction this and working with them year and hopes that her next year.”

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Entering into the PAC championships, Hardie knew it was going to be another tight race against Grove City College. Looking through the projections proved that.

“I knew that they were always going to give us a challenge, they always

run their best race so you never know what to expect,” said Hardie. “They are really hard to prepare for, but on paper at some point some of our projections were single digits and a couple of the other projections maybe we win by 20.”

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the younger Davis as a “great athlete” capable of playing both ways in high school. Right away, Venick knew that John-Glen would develop into a productive and unselfish contributor for the Yellow Jackets.

“We always knew he would be a very good player for us, and he’s a great teammate,” Venick said.

“We knew when he was a freshman that he was going to be a great teammate. We knew he was going to be a good player [right away].”

After appearing in just five games as a freshman, Davis played in all 10 of Waynesburg’s contests in 2016 but was used in a reserve role. Last season, Davis established himself as one of the most important players on Waynesburg’s defense, leading the team in tackles, 91, tackles for loss, 57, and fumble recoveries with three.

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When it comes to racial diversity, Waynesburg University certainly is not breaking any records, said Shari Payne, vice president for enrollment.

“Waynesburg is obviously not a very diverse town,” Payne said. “Greene County is not a diverse county.

That’s not my opinion — it’s fact. It’s just not a diverse area.”

According to information gathered from 2015 posted on the university’s website, 91.2 percent of students are white. More recent data show a slight fluctuation in the number of minority students, but the 90 percent or above white population stays consistent.

Payne acknowledges that the lack of diversity among current students stems from a primarily white pool of applicants.

Waynesburg stands out in this regard, as diversifying college campuses has become a national priority for institutions across the country.

In the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas, the court upheld a race-based college admissions process, stating it was legal to consider an applicant’s ethnic background in conjunction with their other application material.

The intention of affirmative action, according to its definition listed on the Legal Information Institute, is to “remedy the results of prior discrimination,” and has been used by colleges to increase their student populations from such backgrounds.

The ethics behind considering race as a factor in admission decisions have been reported on heavily in recent months, with Harvard University allegedly having admissions practices that disadvantage applicants of Asian descent.

Payne said Waynesburg University does not utilize race-conscious admissions or any similar policy.

“We don’t have anything specific,” Payne said. “...We don’t assign points or values or anything like that to a person based on their race.”

Instead, she said, the university uses a “holistic” admissions process. When considering admittance for a student, the admis-

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sions office considers their high school transcripts, the courses they’ve completed, extracurricular activities, disciplinary records, SAT and ACT scores and counselor recommendations.

The only special consideration given to applicants outside of typical educational scoring and recommendations is their dedication to faith. As a Christian institution, Waynesburg University searches for students who embrace

their values of faith, learning and service.

“We do give value to students who express an interest in our particular mission,” Payne said. “With that being said, we do accept students of all faith or no faith at all.”

Still, in recent years, the university has seen an increase in the enrollment of racially diverse students.

Payne said it is not because of any race-based admissions process, though.

Approximately 3.87 percent of the incoming class in 2014 was minorities, compared to 6.65 percent of the freshmen class of 2017. Payne said in 2018, the trend of increased racial diversity continued — something the office of admissions is very proud of.

“It’s not because we’re looking to recruit any particular race or giving any special status, it’s that we are diversifying our recruitment strategy,” Payne said.

The Office of Admissions implemented a redesign of their recruitment efforts 3-4 years ago when minority enrollment began increasing at the university. Recruitment efforts expanded outside of the Pennsylvania and Ohio regions. The university typically draws, said Payne, from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland, though there are students from all over.

“When your primary draw is from areas that aren’t very diverse, you naturally get a less diverse population,” Payne said.

But recently, the university has seen a trend that fewer students in the area are completing their high school degrees in order to be eligible for higher education. According to the

Pennsylvania Department of Education, in the last 12 years, publicly funded Greene County schools have 1,000 fewer students enrolled, going from 6,076 in the 2005 school year to just under 5,000 in 2015.

“We have an understanding that the demographics in our area are declining,” Payne said. “That means that people are moving out of the area, there are fewer high school students graduating and that for us to be successful in enrollment and for us to meet our goals, we need to diversify in the areas that we are looking for students.”

The increase in student racial diversity is the result of more far-reaching recruitment efforts in states such as Maryland and Virginia, Payne said.

The university has no stated goal to raise enrollment of minority students.

Future recruitment is to be focused in southern states, which report growth and are producing a larger number of graduates. As a result of these efforts, said Payne, there will be a lasting impact on the makeup of the student population.

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Ryan Smith, assistant director of student activities, works to ensure that students have an opportunity to take a step away from their studies and relax through organizing events.

To accomplish this task, the members of the Student Activities Board are divided up into subcategories including music entertainment, common happenings, athletic fun and fitness. These categories can help SAB determine what type of events Waynesburg students would like to see be held on campus..

“They brainstorm ideas of future events,” Smith said.

“They also strategically look at events in the past to see what worked and what didn’t work.”

SAB doesn’t only use its own ideas and opinions about events, but also likes to get feedback from students. SAB wants to know

things such as whether or not students are enjoying the events, what it can do differently and if the event is worth bringing back. To get feedback from students, Smith said that students can go onto myConnect and find the “SAB Event Evaluation” form, which is located under “Other Information/ Requests”.

“We are always encouraging anyone to join SAB to be able to voice their opinions on events,” Smith said.

“If they have any new ideas we are always open for new ideas and we would most likely plan it for the Spring semester because we have already done the planning for the Fall semester.”

Sometimes a planned event can go wrong for SAB; such as a performer arriving late, or a scheduled event falling through. But, according to Smith, most of the time these mistakes are never detected by students at the events.

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The 2018 Waynesburg University fall play, “The Boys Next Door” is approaching, with opening night scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7. For the play’s director, Professor of Theatre Eddie Powers, the last few weeks of a production always have a lot going on.

“Putting the finishing touches on the scenery, finding the costumes, securing the props…I have help in all of these areas, but as we approach deadlines, things to get a little hectic,” Powers said.

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Ryan Smith, assistant director of student activities, organizes and promotes events hosted for students including sports games, performers and bingo nights. events all of the time,” said Smith. “Most of the time we just try to cover it up so that way the students don’t know.”

Smith said that one of

the more common things that go wrong is when a performer doesn’t show up on time. He said that an example of this was when a performer showed up an

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Kairos retreat puts students ‘outside of their comfort zone’ COLIN MCLAUGHLIN Editorial Assistant

Last weekend, Waynesburg University students went to the Cornerstone Ministries Center for what the annual religious Kairos Retreat. Senior Bryce McGarvey, a biblical studies major with a focus on international missions, said that the word Kairos is a Greek word meaning “God’s time.” McGarvey first attended the retreat last year, and was a member of the planning committee.

“Honestly, I attended because a lot of my friends were going,” McGarvey said. . “…I would probably say it wasn’t a good motivation to be going, but after going it was very clear that God wanted me there that weekend and that it wasn’t an accident that I had gone.”

McGarvey said that he enjoyed his experience last year, saying that he was f inally able to set apart time for God, and was fully focused on God the entire retreat.

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The religious retreat, located in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, allows students to set apart time for God, says Bryce McGarvey, senior biblical studies major. talking about God, constantly learning about God, constantly hearing about God and constantly praying to God,” McGarvey said . I enjoyed it just because it changed how I look at the body of Christ

today.”

McG a r vey s a i d t h at those who attended this year would also find to that, as well and being able to find a community of believers. Before Kairos, McGarvey didn’t always feel

like he was a part of the community. At the retreat, however, God showed him that he was.

“I normally didn’t always feel accepted in [the com munity] in the past,” McGarvey said. . “It was really

in my own fault and pride, but God really took care of that pride and showed me how I was accepted into his family.”

Those who are interested , should definitely experience the retreat,

McGarvey said.

“Other students should attend the retreat, one, because in a sense it puts you outside of your comfort zone,” McGarvey said. . “Right off the bat you don’t know the logistics of what you are doing, but since you are outside of your comfort zone you are able to be open with God.” The main thing that McGarvey and the other students focused on during last year’s retreat was God’s love for them. He enjoyed i t because he doesn’t usually have time during the day to do that, which he added goes for most students on campus too.

“You are almost stepping out into time where it’s only about God and you aren’t worrying about anything else, which is huge,” said McGarvey. “How many times do students have during the day amidst homework and everything else where they can just give almost a whole day just to learning about God and talking with him and praying with him?”

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Waynesburg University’s biblical studies majors and minors, specifically those interested in youth ministry, went to the Pittsburgh Youth Workers’ Conference Friday, Oct. 26. at Grove Farm in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Joshua Sumpter, instructor of biblical and ministry studies, and ten students attended the one day conference.

The Pittsburgh Youth Workers’ Conference caters to about 250-300 participants and focuses on equipping students and pastors with chances to grow in their leadership capabilities and learn

from ministry leaders in the field, said Sumpter.

The conference includes

“The conference provides a lot of different opportunities to grow and to be with people that have a passion for Jesus.”

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group talks, worship time, breakout sessions and networking with other youth pastors.

Speakers included: Josh McDowell, a prior agnostic who was won by the overwhelming evidence for Christ; Bob Lenz, founder and president of Life Promotions a non-profit youth organization; and Duffy Robbins; an author, speaker, pastor and teacher.

The conference was funded by the Humanities Department’s Day Of Giving.All costs including transportation were covered to encourage students to attend, he said. Students of all majors were welcome.

However, Sumpter typically broadcasts it to the biblical studies majors and minors.

Being a youth pastor for many years before working at Waynesburg University, Sumpter had attended the

conference on numerous occasions. He said this is the university’s second time attending the conference, and he is eager to see how the students use what they gleaned from the experience.

“The conference provides a lot of different opportunities to grow, and to be with people that have a passion for Jesus but also love teenagers and want to see those two things combined;” Sumpter said “the love for Jesus and the love for students.”

The conference offers training for their specific field, and an opportunity to learn from a variety of youth pastors that have a lot of wisdom to share, said Sumpter. He empha-

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“We’re actually running right on schedule,” Fisher said. “We’re starting really now to put all of our props together and get the sets painted and get things built and get things situated up on stage. We’re starting to run our costumes and figure out what we’re going to wear, and that’s kind of a challenge.We’re right on schedule, and things are going smoothly.”

The final rehearsals of the play represent unfamiliar territory for most of Powers’ cast. Out of 13 members, seven are making fall play debuts, and five are freshmen. For Powers, the key to the newcomers balancing “The Boys Next Door” with everything else going on in their college lives is finding an effective way to say on top of everything.

“With everybody, no matter many years ago when I was a freshman, and with our freshman today, it becomes a matter of time management, and knowing what you can get involved with and knowing what you can’t get involved with, and then being willing to commit to it,” Powers said. “That’s all a part of time management. I feel that it’s probably caught some of these students by surprise, but they seem to be adjusting well enough.”

Fisher is one of the new-

sized the conference will help students beyond the classroom.

“I hope that the conference can confirm their calling to ministry that God has placed on their heart through people speaking to them,” Sumpter said. “Just affirming what they want to do after college, serving in a local church, or with a non-profit organization focused on youth ministry.”

Because the conference has an emphasis on youth ministr y, Sumpter explained, topics equipped t h e p a r t i c i p a nt s w i t h knowledge on situations common with students.

“Whether it’s learning to be tech-savvy or suicide prevention and understanding depression,”

get their instruments and perform while we waited,” said Smith. “[Junior] Harry Oakes had his harmonica and performed for us while we waited for the performer to arrive.”

Grace Hutchison, The Yellow Jacket

The cast of the play rehearse a scene during a practice held in late September. The lead actress, Kristina Fisher, pictured right, plays the caregiver, Jackie. comers. She plays Jackie Palmer, a caregiver to the four mentally handicapped adults the play centers around. Fisher’s only prior theatre experiences took place last spring, when she had a leading role in an one-act performance and a part in the spring musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

This is Fisher’s most significant role to date. Although she is a senior, she can relate to what the freshman are going through with the new experience.

“It can be scary, you know,” she said. “You’re coming into a theatre where you don’t know many people, you might never have auditioned before for [Powers], a certain director, and it does kind of catch you off guard.

You’re kind of out of your comfort zone for a little bit, and I totally was, I’m not going to lie. But you truly become such a family so fast, so I feel like the freshman definitely adjusts

very fast, and I adjusted pretty fast too.”

The plot of this year’s production and its portrayal of mentally handicapped individuals can be thought of as “touchy.” Powers said that while some of the cast was initially uneasy about the plot, as rehearsals have gone on, the performers are growing into their roles.

“I’m sure there is a lot of talk about the show,” Powers said. “The fact that we are portraying handicapped adults, it was a little daunting with our actors at first, but when they got to know the script, when I assured them that by no means is this a show that pokes fun at anybody, [but rather] a show that champions the special needs individual.

When they discovered that— and they discovered that fairly early on— they really embraced this characters, and they found the heart, and the humor, and

the joy that is part of these characters lives.”

Fisher was among the performers that was skeptical about the play.

“Quite a few other people [were hesitant],” Fisher said. “I was kind of the same way. I was a little unsure at first, but ever since we started doing the read throughs and started acting out on stage, I’m so excited for this, and I really hope that people kind of keep an open mind as they come to it.”

Overall, Powers is confident that the cast has what it takes to pull off a complicated production such as “The Boys Next Door.”

“We’re progressing very nicely,” Powers said.“We will be ready for an audience, and this cast will be bringing these characters to life and presenting the show with just a lot of heart, a lot of warmth, and I think the audience will find that appealing, and interesting as well.”

Sumpter said. “Working with some of the hard issues that students deal with.”

Tanya Vecere, psychology major and biblical studies minor, attended the conference both this year and last.

“It was a great time for involvement with those who work in youth ministry,” Vecere said.

Vecere said she appreciated the experience.

“For us to be gathered together and poured into and encouraged spiritually, iron sharpening iron kind of thing,” Vecere said.

“There’s a ton of workshops going on, and seminars on different areas that regard youth workers in the Pittsburgh area.”

purchases a bus to transport those who attend. This student discount comes with a cost.

“Everyone has a Student Activities fee in what they have to pay for their tuition,” said Smith. “So, a piece of everyone’s tuition goes towards activities on campus and the student activities board sees a portion of that money to pay for events.”

“A piece of everyone's tuition goes towards activities on campus and the student activities board sees a portion of that money to pay for events.”

RYAN SMITH

Assistant Director of Student Services

Whenever there is an event coming up that is off campus, suchas the Price is Right or a professional sports game, SAB usually will sell the tickets to students for half price and the rest will be paid

by SAB. On top of paying half of each student’s ticket, SAB

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We have to go to new areas that we’ve never been to before or back to areas that we haven't been to in a while,” Payne said. “So just as a necessity, we have to expand our recruitment efforts and cast a wider net.”

The office of admissions has been “casting” this

Some upcoming events for the fall semester that have been planned are a Penguins game, a glass blowing trip and the Winter Semi-Formal.

Those who are interested in any of these events you can go onto the myConnect homepage to sign up. wider net strategically as a collaborative effort largely out of the need to meet enrollment numbers rather than any goal of increasing diversity, though Payne acknowledges the value of having a diverse student body.

“It’s positive. It’s nothing but positive that society is diversifying,” Payne said.

“If our job is to prepare students to be productive members of society then our students need to be exposed to a diverse student body.”

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Across

WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1 Soap-drop indicator 5 Prepared for pie, in a way 10 Trunk extension 14 Buddhist priest 15 The “A” in the Tokyo studio AIC 16 Stargazing subject?

17 Rural stopovers 18 Retro filter choice 19 Importunate solicitor 20 Spin-off with a bluesy theme song by John Lee Hooker 23 2000s political slogan 24 Initial payments 26 European hub 27 Industrious type 29 Nut 32 Ritual heap 33 Rapper will.__ 34 Half a piano duo?

35 Chaparral plant 37 Longfellow’s “The Bell of __” 38 Iwo Jima flag-raiser Hayes 39 Half a classic cowboy nickname 40 Top of the order?

42 DNA units 44 1990s game console release, initially 45 Strong feeling 46 ’60s-’70s singer born Ellen Cohen 50 Catcall?

53 Circumstances, idiomatically 54 Hilarious 55 Look for 56 Certain something 57 “Obviously!”

58 Put away 59 Highland language 60 Irritations found in clouds 61 Iowa Department of Transportation city

Down

1 “Naturalis Historia” author 2 Poker for knights?

3 Old Dodges 4 It often looks like

gibberish 5 “No more discussion” 6 Like turnpike ramps 7 Wisconsin college 8 Abu Dhabi bigwig 9 Shaking event 10 Prolonged list, as of complaints 11 “It’s safe to sit next to me” 12 Onetime accessory for Britney Spears and Keri Russell 13 Nonkosher sandwich, usually 21 Techie stereotype 22 “Hakuna Matata” lifestyle 25 Ones in it for the

long haul 27 Mitt Romney’s alma mater: Abbr.

28 Modern folklore 29 Card game played

by Phileas Fogg 30 Annual observance celebrating commitment to the planet

31 Behind 32 __ tem 36 Darwin’s __ Beagle 37 Graph point’s xcoordinate 39 Low joint 41 Turtle’s mouth 43 Vital vessels 44 Didn’t play

46 Crete’s highest elev.

47 Top squad 48 Martin or Miller 49 “I’ma Be Me” standup comic Wanda 51 Kodos’ alien cohort on “The Simpsons” 52 It can be pumped 53 Honey, in slang

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

DINING HALL

SUDOKU

LEAVING HOME

By LYDIA POLARINE

CHEESE

SOUPS

PIZZA

COOKS

CUPS

VEGETABLES

SILVERWARE

HUNGER

PASTA

CHICKEN

STUDENTS

SALAD

SANDWICHES

DESERT

VEGETARIAN

SNACKS

of Waynesburg

THE STUDENTS EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part of a series that highlights the experiences of Waynesburg students.

My name is Thomas Faye, and I am a junior music ministry major wi th a bi blical and ministry studies minor.

I have been singing since I was two years old and have always had a love of music since.

My parents taught my siblings and me how to sing and to this day my two sisters and I sing together.

I moved to Pittsburgh the summer before my sophomore year of high school. Originally, I was not going to go to school

for music, but God lead me to pursue music and to come to Waynesburg.

While being at Waynesburg University, I have had so many experiences some good and some bad, but they have helped shape me unto who I am today.

I h ave e nj oyed t h e time I have been at Waynesburg and do not regret coming here or being involved with the many things on campus.

I have met so many good people here and done a lot of amazing things. I hope that one day I could live my dream to teach people how to sing like my parents & teachers have taught me.

“I have had so many experiences...they helped shape me into who I am today."

THOMAS FAYE

Junior Music Ministry Major

Photo courtesy of Thomas Faye

INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR WORK PUBLISHED? CONTACT GRACE HUTCHISON AT HUT1575@STUDENT.WAYNESBURG.EDU

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THE HISTORY OF

Halloween

Written by Grace Hutchison Designed by Cheyenne Nester

Annually on the night of October 31st, children and adults alike dress in costume and eat sweets in celebration of all things dark and scary. Though over half of all Americans celebrate the day, the origins of Halloween remain mysterious.

Early Origins Halloween originated in Ireland nearly 2,000 years ago with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. They marked the day as the end of harvest and the beginning of a dark, cold winter that they associated with death and sickness. This brought about the legend among the Celtic people that, on the night of October 31st, the separation between the living and dead became blurred. They celebrated the day believing that spirits of loved ones that passed away return to earth for that one night.

How People Have Celebrated Halloween

The Celtic People: To commemorate the day, which they largely

saw as sacred, they would build a large bonfire and throw crops and animals into the fire as sacrifices. They would wear costumes made of animal skins and heads and would tell fortunes to one another.

Late 1800’s: The holiday was largely celebrated by youngsters who would talk of ghosts, play pranks and explore witchcraft.

1920’s-1930’s: There was a movement to transform Halloween into a holiday focused on pranks, witchcraft and hijinks and into a day focused on community. Newspapers and community leaders encouraged community members to take everything “grotesque or frightening” out of the holiday and parades and town-wide parties were thrown instead.

1950: Trick or treat was revived, and the holiday began to focus more on children and their celebrations. In theory, trick-or-treat was created to prevent tricks or pranks being played on a household by distributing candy to please the youngsters.

RIP Source: https://www.history.com/topics/Halloween/history-of-halloween

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